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To articulate (words): The baby is talking sentences now.
(verb-transitive)
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To give expression to in words: talk treason.
(verb-transitive)
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To speak of or discuss (something): talk music; talk business;
(verb-transitive)
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To speak or know how to speak in (an idiom or language): talked French with the flight crew.
(verb-transitive)
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To gain, influence, or bring into a specified state by talking: talked me into coming; talked their way out of trouble.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.