to found to (an object): to strive or yearn towards, try to arrive at or reach; also, to take or betake oneself to (flight, war, etc.).

To try to catch or get; to seek after. Obsolete.

To try to obtain (something advantageous); to try to bring about or effect (an action, condition, opportunity, or the like). Also with out.

transitive. To roll (a die or dice); to obtain (a specified number or score) by rolling a die or dice. Also in figurative contexts. Cf. cast, v. 1e.

intransitive. To make an attempt; to aim at, to aspire to. Obsolete.

transitive. To make an attempt on; to try to seize.

Const. with preposition. to try for, to attempt to obtain or find (an object), or to reach (a place). to try at, to make an attempt upon, endeavour…

intransitive. With after. To seek to obtain or achieve something specified. Obsolete.

elliptical. To essay to engage with or have to do with, to try to accomplish or attain (any action or object of activity, esp. one attended with…

intransitive. To stretch out for. Also figurative.

To try to attain to, endeavour after. Obsolete. rare.

figurative and in extended use. intransitive. To make a push; to exert oneself; to strive for a specified goal. Also in to put for it: to make an…

intransitive. To scheme or exert oneself to do something. to lay in for: to make one's object, lay oneself out for, exert oneself to gain. Obsolete.

figurative. transitive.

transitive. To catch at, strive to obtain, seek after.

To show oneself desirous of, to seek to win or attract, to affect (a thing).

transitive. To seek to obtain.

To seek after; to try to find, obtain, or acquire.

to make a bid for: to make an attempt to secure; to ‘have a try’ at getting. Hence the simple noun is frequently used, esp. in journalese, for…