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.
That which is told; a tale or account.
A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
(archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate. Example: All told, there were over a dozen. Can you tell time on a clock? He had untold wealth.
To narrate. Example: I want to tell a story; I want to tell you a story.
To convey by speech; to say. Example: Finally, someone told him the truth. He seems to like to tell lies.
To instruct or inform. Example: Please tell me how to do it.
To order; to direct, to say to someone. Example: Tell him to go away.
To discern, notice, identify or distinguish. Example: Can you tell whether those flowers are real or silk, from this distance? No, there's no way to tell.
To reveal. Example: Time will tell what became of him.
To be revealed.
To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated. Example: Sir Gerald was moving slower; his wounds were beginning to tell.
To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer.
To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing. Example: I saw you steal those sweets! I'm going to tell!
(authorship) To reveal information in prose through outright expository statement -- contrasted with show Example: Maria rewrote the section of her novel that talked about Meg and Sage's friendship to have less telling and more showing.
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