[tɛl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- communicate information to someone in spoken or written words
(e.g: I told her you were coming)

- decide or determine correctly or with certainty
(e.g: you can tell they're in love)

- count (the members of a group)
(e.g: the shepherd had told all his sheep)


Phrases:
- I can tell you
- I tell you what
- I told you so
- as far as one can tell
- tell it like it is
- tell its own story
- tell me about it
- tell me another
- tell someone what to do with something
- tell someone where to get off
- tell the time
- that would be telling
- there is no telling
- you're telling me

Origin:
Old English tellan ‘relate, count, estimate’, of Germanic origin; related to German zählen ‘reckon, count’, erzählen ‘recount, relate’, also to tale

[tɛl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception


Phrases:
- I can tell you
- I tell you what
- I told you so
- as far as one can tell
- tell it like it is
- tell its own story
- tell me about it
- tell me another
- tell someone what to do with something
- tell someone where to get off
- tell the time
- that would be telling
- there is no telling
- you're telling me

Origin:
Old English tellan ‘relate, count, estimate’, of Germanic origin; related to German zählen ‘reckon, count’, erzählen ‘recount, relate’, also to tale

[tɛl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in the Middle East) an artificial mound formed by the accumulated remains of ancient settlements


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: from Arabic tall ‘hillock’