tries

noun

An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings.

1. An attempt.

   I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.

2. An act of tasting or sampling.

   I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.

3. A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.

   Today I scored my first try.

4. A screen, or sieve, for grain.
5. A field goal or extra point

1. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.

   I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.

2. To divide; to separate.
3. To test, to work out.
4. To experiment, to strive.
5. To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
6. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.

   Repeated failures try one's patience.

7. (used with another verb) To want

   I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that.