tell a story (English, verb)
expansion: tell a story (third-person singular simple present tells a story, present participle telling a story, simple past and past participle told a story)
Senses:
glosses: To communicate a story in some way.
tags: ambitransitive
literally
glosses: To display qualities which hint at or convey a past or history which is not explicitly told.
tags: figuratively
intransitive
poetic
Forms:
form: tells a story
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: telling a story
tags: participle
present
form: told a story
tags: participle
past
form: told a story
tags: past