talk — Defs

01 v. i. To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

imp. & p. p. talked; p. pr. & vb. n. talking

1.
To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.
“I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following, but I will not eat with you.” — Shak.
2.
To confer; to reason; to consult.
“Let me talk with thee of thy judgments.” — Jer. xii. 1.
3.
To prate; to speak impertinently.[Colloq.]

Phrases & compounds

To talk of — to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as, authors talk of the wonderful remains of Palmyra.

To talk to — to advise or exhort, or to reprove gently; as, I will talk to my son respecting his conduct.

02 v. t. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.

1.
To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.
2.
To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.
3.
To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.
4.
To cause to be or become by talking.

Phrases & compounds

To talk over — To talk about; to have conference respecting; to deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter or plan.

03 n. The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mut…

1.
The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.
“In various talk the instructive hours they passed.” — Pope.

“Their talk, when it was not made up of nautical phrases, was too commonly made up of oaths and curses.” — Macaulay.
2.
Report; rumor; as, to hear talk of war.
“I hear a talk up and down of raising our money.” — Locke.
3.
Subject of discourse; as, his achievment is the talk of the town.