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talk
A	noun
	1	talk
			the act of giving a talk to an audience; "I attended an interesting talk on local history"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚occupation; business; job; line of work; line ╚profession ╚education ╚teaching; instruction; pedagogy ╚lecture; lecturing ╚talk ╚chalk talk
	2	talk, talking
			an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚auditory communication ╚speech; speech communication; spoken communication; spoken language; language; voice communication; oral communication ╚conversation ╚talk, talking ╚yak; yack; yakety-yak; chatter; cackle ╚wind; idle words; jazz; nothingness ╚shop talk ╚shmooze ╚heart-to-heart ╚dialogue; dialog; duologue ╚cant; pious platitude
	3	talk
			(`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') discussion; "his poetry contains much talk about love and anger"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚communication; communicating ╚discussion; treatment; discourse ╚talk
	4	talk, talk of the town
			idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚informing; making known ╚report; account ╚gossip; comment; scuttlebutt ╚talk, talk of the town
	5	lecture, public lecture, talk
			a speech that is open to the public; "he attended a lecture on telecommunications"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚speech act ╚address; speech ╚lecture, public lecture, talk
B	verb
	1	lecture, talk
			deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚teach; learn; instruct ╚lecture, talk ╚preach; prophesy
	2	spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
			divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚tell ╚disclose; let on; bring out; reveal; discover; expose; divulge; impart; break; give away; let out ╚spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
	3	talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
			express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
	4	spill, talk
			reveal information; "If you don't oblige me, I'll talk!"; "The former employee spilled all the details"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚tell ╚spill, talk
	5	talk, speak
			exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚talk, speak ╚cheek ╚dogmatize; dogmatise ╚spiel ╚talk down ╚orate ╚pontificate ╚discourse; dissertate ╚continue; go on; carry on; proceed
	6	speak, talk
			use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚speak, talk ╚slang ╚smatter ╚run on

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