Noun

• S: (n) Tell (tell%1:18:00::), William Tell (william_tell%1:18:00::) (a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap))

Verb

• S: (v) state (state%2:32:00::), say (say%2:32:00::), tell (tell%2:32:04::) (express in words) "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name"
• S: (v) tell (tell%2:32:00::) (let something be known) "Tell them that you will be late"
• S: (v) tell (tell%2:32:01::), narrate (narrate%2:32:00::), recount (recount%2:32:00::), recite (recite%2:32:01::) (narrate or give a detailed account of) "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
• S: (v) order (order%2:32:01::), tell (tell%2:32:02::), enjoin (enjoin%2:32:00::), say (say%2:32:04::) (give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority) "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
• S: (v) tell (tell%2:31:00::) (discern or comprehend) "He could tell that she was unhappy"
• S: (v) assure (assure%2:32:00::), tell (tell%2:32:08::) (inform positively and with certainty and confidence) "I tell you that man is a crook!"
• S: (v) tell (tell%2:32:03::), evidence (evidence%2:32:02::) (give evidence) "he was telling on all his former colleague"
• S: (v) distinguish (distinguish%2:31:00::), separate (separate%2:31:01::), differentiate (differentiate%2:31:01::), secern (secern%2:31:01::), secernate (secernate%2:31:00::), severalize (severalize%2:31:00::), severalise (severalise%2:31:00::), tell (tell%2:31:01::), tell apart (tell_apart%2:31:00::) (mark as different) "We distinguish several kinds of maple"