tell-tale
31tale — n. 1) to concoct, make up a tale 2) to narrate, tell a tale 3) an absorbing, exciting, fascinating, gripping; fanciful; grizzly; hair raising, harrowing, shocking tale 4) a fairy; folk tale 5) a tall ( unbelievable ) tale 6) (misc.) to tell tales …
32tell — /tel/ verb past tense and past participle told /tUld/ 1 SAY/INFORMATION (T) to give someone facts or information about something: tell sb (that): She wrote to tell me she couldn t come. | Don t tell me you ve forgotten my birthday again. | Police …
33tale — cro·tale; cu·bi·tale; day·tale; dis·tale; or·bi·tale; tale; tell·tale·ly; …
34tell — fore·tell; fore·tell·able; fore·tell·er; re·tell; tell; tell·ing·ly; un·tell·able; forth·tell·er; tell·tale·ly; un·tell·ably; …
35tale-bearer — n. Tell tale, tattler, mumble news, gossip …
36Tell — (t[e^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Told} (t[=o]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Telling}.] [AS. tellan, from talu tale, number, speech; akin to D. tellen to count, G. z[ a]hlen, OHG. zellen to count, tell, say, Icel. telja, Dan. tale to speak, t[ae]lle to count …
37tale — [ teıl ] noun count ** 1. ) a story about imaginary events or people: tale of: tales of bravery and romance 2. ) a spoken account of someone s experiences, especially when they are made to seem more exciting or unpleasant than they really were:… …
38tale — W3 [teıl] n [: Old English; Origin: talu] 1.) a story about exciting imaginary events tale of ▪ tales of adventure ▪ a book of old Japanese folk tales (=traditional stories) ▪ a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen ▪ a caution …
39tale — (n.) O.E. talu story, tale, the action of telling, from P.Gmc. *talo (Cf. Du. taal speech, language ), from PIE root *del to recount, count. The secondary English sense of number, numerical reckoning (c.1200) probably was the primary one in… …
40tell a tale — To disclose something important • • • Main Entry: ↑tale tell a tale To be revealing • • • Main Entry: ↑tell …
