Overview of verb speak

The verb speak has 5 senses

• talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise -- (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize")


• talk, speak -- (exchange thoughts; talk with; "We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words")


• speak, talk -- (use language; "the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect")


• address, speak -- (give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of trustees")


• speak -- (make a characteristic or natural sound; "The drums spoke")

Overview of adj spoken

The adj spoken has 1 sense

• spoken -- (uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person"; "sharp-spoken")