TELL
- to narrate
- to communicate in words
- to reveal
- to recognize
- to inform
- to order
- to give an account
- to produce a marked effect
- to tell the complete, unadulterated truth; be forthright
- to separate from the whole and assign to a particular duty
- to rebuke severely; scold
- to tattle on (someone)
- to relate (to give an account of) [v TELD or TELT or TOLD, TAULD or TOLD, TELLING, TELLS]
- to give a detailed account of [v TELLING, TELLS, TOLD] : TELLABLE [adj], TELLINGLY [adv]