All 4 Uses
confide
in
Growing Up, by Baker
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- On April 14 he confided that he was $1,000 in debt.†
Chpt 6confided = placed trust (in someone) by talking about private things
- She confided to me that Uncle Hal had promised to help us set up "a home of our own" after his lumber deal went through.†
Chpt 8 *
- Under a subtropical moon we sat in the grass and Karen confided her dreams, which had to do with owning a horse farm and having a large family, and I talked of mine, which had to do with shooting down Japanese warplanes.†
Chpt 15
- And one, moreover—as she confided in her next letter—who referred to himself as "Kid Muscles."†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(confide) to place trust (in someone) by talking about private things or telling secrets
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, confide can mean to give trust to someone while giving them something important--such as a responsibility or a valuable item. For example, "I confided the job to her care."