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View definitions for tells

tells

verb as in narrate, describe

verb as in carry weight

verb as in calculate

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Set in 1882 in Wyoming, Rust tells the story of a 13-year-old boy who is sentenced to be hanged after he accidentally kills a rancher.

From BBC

“When he tells her she’s so beautiful, I wanted her to look like the biggest movie star of all time,” said cinematographer Alice Brooks.

“Let me give you an example,” he tells me.

From BBC

One of the key activators that tells satellite cells to build new muscle is HGF.

I implicitly distrust any custard pie recipe that tells you to bake it at a higher temperature because it just isn’t right.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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