Hypertext Webster Gateway: "talk"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Talk \Talk\, v. t.
1. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating;
as, to talk French.

2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a
subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk
politics.

3. To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away;
as, to talk away an evening.

4. To cause to be or become by talking. ``They would talk
themselves mad.'' --Shak.

{To talk over}.
(a) To talk about; to have conference respecting; to
deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter
or plan.
(b) To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to
convince; as, to talk over an opponent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Talk \Talk\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Talked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Talking}.] [Cf. LG. talk talk, gabble, Prov. G. talken to
speak indistinctly; or OD. tolken to interpret, MHG. tolkan
to interpret, to tell, to speak indistinctly, Dan. tolke to
interpret, Sw. tolka, Icel. t?lka to interpret, t?lkr an
interpreter, Lith. tulkas an interpreter, tulkanti,
tulk[=o]ti, to interpret, Russ. tolkovate to interpret, to
talk about; or perhaps fr. OE. talien to speak (see {Tale},
v. i. & n.).]
1. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as
in familiar discourse, when two or more persons
interchange thoughts.

I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you,
walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat
with you. --Shak.

2. To confer; to reason; to consult.

Let me talk with thee of thy judgments. --Jer. xii.
1.

3. To prate; to speak impertinently. [Colloq.]

{To talk of}, to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as,
authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. ``The
natural histories of Switzerland talk much of the fall of
these rocks, and the great damage done.'' --Addison.

{To talk to}, to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as,
I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Talk \Talk\, n.
1. The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual
discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar
conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.

In various talk the instructive hours they passed.
--Pope.

Their talk, when it was not made up of nautical
phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and
curses. --Macaulay.

2. Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.

I hear a talk up and down of raising our money.
--Locke.

3. Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of
the town.

Syn: Conversation; colloquy; discourse; chat; dialogue;
conference; communication. See {Conversation}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

talk
n 1: an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work
and less talk around here" [syn: {talking}]
2: (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion
of') discussion; "his poetry contains much talk about love
and anger"
3: a act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an
interesting talk on local history"
4: a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture
on telecommunications" [syn: {lecture}, {public lecture}]
5: idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"
[syn: {talk of the town}]
v 1: exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business";
also used metaphorically: "Actions talk louder than
words" [syn: {speak}]
2: express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense" [syn: {speak},
{utter}, {mouth}, {verbalize}]
3: use language: "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't
speak"; "they speak a strange dialect" [syn: {speak}]
4: reveal information; let the cat out of the bag; "If you
don't oblige me, I'll talk!"
5: divulge information or secrets; spill the beans; "Be
careful--his secretary talks" [syn: {tattle}, {blab}, {peach},
{babble}, {sing}, {babble out}, {blab out}] [ant: {keep
quiet}]
6: deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next
week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" [syn: {lecture}]


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