to mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.-to utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate.-to make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge.-to give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform.-to order; to request; to command.-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.-to make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate.-to give an account; to make report.-to take effect; to produce a marked effect; as, every shot tells; every expression tells.-that which is told; tale; account.-a hill or mound.