Definition of tell

• v. t. - To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
• v. t. - To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
• v. t. - To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
• v. t. - To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.
• v. t. - To order; to request; to command.
• v. t. - To discern so as to report; to ascertain by observing; to find out; to discover; as, I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins.
• v. t. - To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.
• v. i. - To give an account; to make report.
• v. i. - To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.
• n. - That which is told; tale; account.
• n. - A hill or mound.