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