Definitions from Wiktionary (try)

▸ verb:  To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
▸ verb:  To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
▸ verb:  (one sort from another) To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
▸ verb:  (nautical) To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil
▸ verb:  To extract wax from a honeycomb
▸ verb:  To test, to work out.
▸ verb:  To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
▸ verb:  To put to test.
▸ verb:  (specifically) To test someone's patience.
▸ verb:  (figuratively, chiefly used in the imperative) To receive an imminent attack; to take.
▸ verb:  To taste, sample, etc.
▸ verb:  To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
▸ verb:  (with indirect interrogative clause) To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
▸ verb:  (law) To put on trial.
▸ verb:  To experiment, to strive.
▸ verb:  To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
▸ verb:  To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To do; to fare.
▸ verb:  To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
▸ verb:  (euphemistic, of a couple) To attempt to conceive a child.
▸ verb:  (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
▸ verb:  To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
▸ verb:  (slang, chiefly African-American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
▸ noun:  An attempt.
▸ noun:  An act of tasting or sampling.
▸ noun:  (rugby) A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
▸ noun:  (UK, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
▸ noun:  (American football) A field goal or extra point
▸ noun:  (chess) A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
▸ noun:  (programming) A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Fine, excellent.
▸ Also see try

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