speak
/spik/verb1 syllable
Speak means: express in speech.
Synonyms for speak6
What does speak mean?5
verb
1
express in speech“She talks a lot of nonsense”
2
exchange thoughts; talk with“We often talk business”
3
use language“the baby talks already”
4
give a speech to“The chairman addressed the board of trustees”
5
make a characteristic or natural sound“The drums spoke”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with speak?33
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Speak in a sentence
- A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert.frpzzd
- If you think this is wrong, you must speak out.CM
- That old man is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.jakov
- Unable to speak, he wrote it on a piece of paper.orcrist
- However, if he is brain-dead, he will never think, speak, or hear again.orcrist
- This cat is, so to speak, a member of our family.papabear
- This dog is, so to speak, a member of our family.AlanF_US
- He rose from the dead, so to speak.unknown
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Forms of speak
as a verb
- past tense
- spoke
- past participle
- spoken
- present participle
- speaking
- third-person singular
- speaks