To talk of, to relate; to tell; to give an account of; as, authors talk
of the wonderful remains of Palmyra. "The natural histories of
Switzerland talk much of the fall of these rocks, and the great damage
done." Addison. — To talk to, to advise or exhort, or to reprove
gently; as, I will talk to my son respecting his conduct. [Colloq.]
Talk, v. t. 1. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating;
as, to talk French.
2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of
conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.
3. To consume or spend in talking; — often followed by away; as, to
talk away an evening.
4. To cause to be or become by talking. "They would talk themselves
mad." Shak.
To talk over. (a) To talk about; to have conference respecting; to
deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter or plan. (b) To
change the mind or opinion of by talking; to convince; as, to talk over
an opponent.
Talk, n. 1. The act of talking; especially, familiar converse; mutual
discourse; that which is uttered, especially in familiar conversation,
or the mutual converse of two or more.
In various talk the instructive hours they passed.
Pope.
Their talk, when it was not made up of nautical phrases, was too
commonly made up of oaths and curses.
Macaulay.