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Noun sell has 1 sense

sell - the activity of persuading someone to buy; "it was a hard sell"
--₁ is a kind of sale

Derived forms: verb sell₈, verb sell₃, verb sell₂, verb sell₁

Verb sell has 8 senses

sell - exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; "He sold his house in January"; "She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"
--₁ is one way to exchange, change, interchange
Antonyms: buy, purchase

Derived forms: noun sell₁, noun seller₁, noun selling₁
Sample sentences:
They sell the food to the people
They sell the people the food
sell - be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; "These books sell like hot cakes"
--₂ is one way to be

Derived forms: noun sell₁, noun selling₁
Sample sentence:
These cars won't sell
deal, sell, trade - do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
--₃ is one way to transact

Derived forms: noun sell₁, noun seller₁, noun selling₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
sell - persuade somebody to accept something; "The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"
--₄ is one way to persuade
Sample sentence:
They won't sell the story
sell - give up for a price or reward; "She sold her principles for a successful career"
--₅ is one way to surrender, cede, deliver, give up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
betray, sell - deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
--₆ is one way to deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot sell Sue
sell - be approved of or gain acceptance; "The new idea sold well in certain circles"
--₇ is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
sell - be responsible for the sale of; "All her publicity sold the products"
--₈ is one way to be

Derived form: noun sell₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something