speak

  1. Verb.  (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud.
  2. Verb.  (intransitive) To have a conversation.
  3. Verb.  (context, by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To be able to communicate in a language.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To utter.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate.
  8. Noun.  language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group.
  9. Noun.  (dated) a low class bar, a speakeasy.

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