speak
What is the Definition of speak?
Verb:
- express in speech
- exchange thoughts; talk with
- use language
- give a speech to
- make a characteristic or natural sound
How can I use speak in a sentence?
Harry did not speak at all as they walked down the road; he did not even notice how much people were gawking at them on the Underground, laden as they were with all their funny-shaped packages, with the snowy owl asleep in its cage on Harry's lap.
True, Dudley was now so scared of Harry he would not stay in the same room, while Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon did not shut Harry in his cupboard, force him to do anything, or shout at him — in fact, they did not speak to him at all.
On the last day of August he thought he would better speak to his aunt and uncle about getting to King's Cross station the next day, so he went down to the living room where they were watching a quiz show on television.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione did not speak to each other at all until they came to a halt in the entrance hall, which seemed very cold and gloomy after the grounds.
Hermione was now refusing to speak to Harry and Ron, but she was such a bossy know-it-all that they saw this as an added bonus.
Other meanings of speak (synonyms, cognates).
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| speak out |
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| speak up |
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| speakeasy |
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| speaker |
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| speaker dependent |
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| speaker independent |
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| speakerphone |
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| speaking |
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