tale
noun
1. a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
Similar word(s): narration, narrative, story
Definition categories: communication, content, message, substance
2. a trivial lie
Similar word(s): fib, story, taradiddle, tarradiddle
Definition categories: communication, lie, prevarication
Sentences with tale as a noun:
- Don't tell tales!
- the Canterbury Tales
verb
1. (dialectal or obsolete) To speak; discourse; tell tales.
2. (dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To reckon; consider (someone) to have something.