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What does try mean?

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Verb
  1. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
  2. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
    1. To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
    2. (one sort from another) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
    3. (nautical) To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil
    4. To extract wax from a honeycomb
  3. To test, to work out.
    1. To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
    2. To put to test.
    3. To taste, sample, etc.
    4. To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
    5. (law) To put on trial.
  4. To experiment, to strive.
    1. To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
    2. To work on something.
    3. (obsolete) To do; to fare.
    4. To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
  5. (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
  6. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
  7. To want
Noun
  1. An attempt.
  2. An act of tasting or sampling.
  3. (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
  4. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
  5. (American football) a field goal or extra point
Adjective
  1. (obsolete) Fine, excellent.
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