Definition of "tell"
- verb
To count, reckon, or enumerate.
To narrate.
To convey by speech; to say.
To instruct or inform.
To order; to direct, to say to someone.
To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
To reveal.
To be revealed.
To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
- noun
A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
A mound, originally in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
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