What is the meaning of speaking?

noun

• The utterance of intelligible speech.
  • synonyms: speech production
• Delivering an address to a public audience.
  • usage: "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking"
  • synonyms: public speaking, speechmaking, oral presentation

verb

• Express in speech.
  • usage: "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
  • synonyms: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
• Exchange thoughts; talk with.
  • usage: "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
  • synonyms: talk, speak
• Use language.
  • usage: "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
  • synonyms: speak, talk
• Give a speech to.
  • usage: "The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
  • synonyms: address, speak
• Make a characteristic or natural sound.
  • usage: "The drums spoke"
  • synonyms: speak

adjective

• Capable of or involving speech or speaking.
  • usage: "human beings-the speaking animals"; "a speaking part in the play"