speak

v. பேசு, கூறு, சொல்லு, உரையாடு, மேடையில் சொற்பொழிவாற்று, மன்றங்களில் உரையாற்றும, உச்சரி, சொற்களை ஒலி, கருத்துத் தெரிவி, தனிக்ருத்து வௌதயிடு, மெய்ம்மை வகையில் ஔதயாது தெரிவி, எழுத்துருவில் குறிப்பிடு, கருத்துவரை, மொழிவகையில் பேசத் தெரிந்தவாயிரு, பேச இயலுபவராயிரு, ஓவிய வகையில் உயிர்த்துடிப்புக்காட்டு, குறிப்பிடத் தக்கதாயிரு, செயலாற்றலுடையதாயிரு, சான்றாயமை, சான்று பகர்வதாயிரு, நாய்வகையில் கட்டளைப்படி குரை, குரல்கொடு, குயிலுறு, இசைக்கருவி வகையில் இசைக்குரல் எழுப்பப்பெறு, கப்பல்வகையில் செய்தித் தொடர்பு மேற்கொள்ளு.

Synonyms

Speak, v. i. [imp. Spoke (Spake ( Archaic); p. p. Spoken (Spoke, Obs. or Colloq.); p. pr. & vb. n. Speaking.] Etym: [OE. speken, AS. specan, sprecan; akin to OF.ries. spreka, D. spreken, OS. spreken, G. sprechen, OHG. sprehhan, and perhaps to Skr. sphurj to crackle, to thunder. Cf. Spark of fire, Speech.] 1. To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak. Till at the last spake in this manner. Chaucer. Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. 1 Sam. iii. 9. 2. To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse. That fluid substance in a few minutes begins to set, as the tradesmen speak. Boyle. An honest man, is able to speak for himself, when a knave is not. Shak. During the century and a half which followed the Conquest, there is, to speak strictly, no English history. Macaulay. 3. To utter a speech, discourse, or harangue; to adress a public assembly formally. Many of the nobility made themselves popular by speaking in Parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty. Clarendon. 4. To discourse; to make mention; to tell. Lycan speaks of a part of Cæsar's army that came to him from the Leman Lake. Addison. 5. To give sound; to sound. Make all our trumpets speak. Shak. 6. To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance; as, features that speak of self-will. Thine eye begins to speak. Shak. To speak of, to take account of, to make mention of. Robynson (More's Utopia). -- To speak out, to speak loudly and distinctly; also, to speak unreservedly. -- To speak well for, to commend; to be favorable to. -- To speak with, to converse with. "Would you speak with me" Shak. Syn. -- To say; tell; talk; converse; discourse; articulate; pronounce; utter. Speak, v. t. 1. To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately, as human beings. They sat down with him upn ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him. Job. ii. 13. 2. To utter in a word or words; to say; to tell; to declare orally; as, to speak the truth; to speak sense. 3. To declare; to proclaim; to publish; to make known; to exhibit; to express in any way. It is my father;s muste To speak your deeds. Shak. Speaking a still good morrow with her eyes. Tennyson. And for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak The maker's high magnificence. Milton. Report speaks you a bonny monk. Sir W. Scott. 4. To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin. And French she spake full fair and fetisely. Chaucer. 5. To address; to accost; to speak to. [He will] thee in hope; he will speak thee fair. Ecclus. xiii. 6. each village senior paused to scan And speak the lovely caravan. Emerson. To speak a ship (Naut.), to hail and speak to her captain or commander.