"confide" meaning in English

See confide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kənˈfaɪd/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-confide.wav [UK] Forms: confide [canonical], confides [third-person, singular], confided [past], confided [past, participle], confiding [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|confid|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you confide to someone, you tell them a secret and you trust them to not tell others.
    Sense id: simple-confide-en-verb-yzc6PilL Categories (other): Verbs
     
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