Definition of Tell

Tell

1. To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.
2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.
3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.
4. To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.
5. To order; to request; to command.
6. 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.
7. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.
8. To give an account; to make report.
9. To take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.
10. That which is told; tale; account.
11. A hill or mound.