noun
- Support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim.
- synonyms: wheel spoke, radius
- One of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder.
verb
- Express in speech.
- usage: "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
- Exchange thoughts; talk with.
- usage: "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
- Use language.
- usage: "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
- Give a speech to.
- usage: "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
- Make a characteristic or natural sound.
- usage: "The drums spoke"
- synonyms: speak
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