speak

Verb

• make a characteristic or natural sound
  • The drums spoke
    

• give a speech to
  • The chairman addressed the board of trustees
    

• use language
  • the baby talks already
    
  • the prisoner won't speak
    
  • they speak a strange dialect
    

• exchange thoughts; talk with
  • We often talk business
    
  • Actions talk louder than words
    

• express in speech
  • She talks a lot of nonsense
    
  • This depressed patient does not verbalize
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  address , talk , utter , mouth , verbalize , verbalise