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    [plā]
    verb
    play (verb) · plays (third person present) · played (past tense) · played (past participle) · playing (present participle)
    1. engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose:
      "the children were playing outside"
      • engage in (a game or activity) for enjoyment:
        "I want to play Monopoly"
      • amuse oneself by engaging in imaginative pretense:
        "the boys were playing cops and robbers"
    2. take part in (a sport):
      "I play softball and tennis"
      • participate in (an athletic match or contest):
        "the Red Sox will play two games on Wednesday"
      • compete against (another player or team) in an athletic match or contest:
        "the team will play France on Wednesday"
      • informal
        be cooperative:
        "he needs financial backing, but the bank won't play"
      • be part of a team, especially in a specified position, in a game:
        "he played shortstop"
      • strike (a ball) or execute (a stroke) in a game:
        "was he in an offside position when his teammate played the ball?"
      • assign to take part in an athletic contest, especially in a specified position:
        "the manager will want to play the right-handed Curtis"
      • move (a piece) or display (a playing card) in one's turn in a game:
        "he played his queen"
      • bet or gamble at or on:
        "he didn't play the ponies"
    3. represent (a character) in a theatrical performance or a film:
      "she played Ophelia"
      • perform in a theatrical production or on film:
        "he was proud to be playing opposite a famous actor"
      • put on or take part in (a theatrical performance or concert):
        "the show was one of the best we ever played"
      • give a dramatic performance at (a particular theater or place).
      • behave as though one were (a specified type of person):
        "the skipper played the innocent, but smuggled goods were found on his vessel"
    4. perform on (a musical instrument):
      "we heard someone playing a harmonica" · "a pianist who will play for us"
      • possess the skill of performing on (a musical instrument):
        "he taught himself to play the violin"
      • produce (notes) from a musical instrument; perform (a piece of music):
        "they played a violin sonata"
      • make (a music player, disc, radio, etc.) produce sounds:
        "someone is playing a record—I can hear the drum"
      • (of a musical instrument, music player, radio, etc.) produce sounds:
        "somewhere within, a harp was playing"
      • accompany (someone) with music as they are moving in a specified direction:
        "the bagpipes played them out of the dining room"
    5. move lightly and quickly, so as to appear and disappear; flicker:
      "a smile played about her lips"
      • (of a fountain or similar source of water) emit a stream of gently moving water:
        "a fountain played in the courtyard"
    6. allow (a fish) to exhaust itself pulling against a line before reeling it in:
      "no fisherman ever played a bonita more carefully or with greater wile"
    noun
    play (noun) · plays (plural noun)
    1. activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children:
      "a child at play may use a stick as an airplane"
      • behavior or speech that is not intended seriously:
        "I flinched, but only in play"
      • designed to be used in games of pretense; not real:
        "play families are arranged in play houses"
    2. the conducting of an athletic match or contest:
      "rain interrupted the second day's play"
      • the action or manner of engaging in a sport or game:
        "he maintained the same rhythm of play throughout the game"
      • the status of the ball in a game as being available to be played according to the rules:
        "the ball was put in play"
      • the state of being active, operative, or effective:
        "luck comes into play"
      • a move or maneuver in a sport or game:
        "the best play is to lead the 3 of clubs"
      • archaic
        gambling:
        "a young nobleman, ruined by play"
    3. a dramatic work for the stage or to be broadcast:
      "the actors put on a new play"
    4. the space in or through which a mechanism can or does move:
      "the steering rack was loose, and there was a little play"
      • scope or freedom to act or operate:
        "our policy allows the market to have freer play"
    5. light and constantly changing movement:
      "the artist exploits the play of light across the surface"
    Origin
    Old English pleg(i)an ‘to exercise’, plega ‘brisk movement’, related to Middle Dutch pleien ‘leap for joy, dance’.
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    verb
    1. engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose:
      relax
      rest
      play games
      frolic
      frisk
      gambol
      romp
      cavort
      caper
      sport
      amuse oneself
      entertain oneself
      enjoy oneself
      have fun
      have a good time
      be at leisure
      occupy oneself
      divert oneself
      disport oneself
      • engage in (a game or activity) for enjoyment:
        do
        take part in
        participate in
        engage in
        be involved in
        join in
        compete in
    2. take part in (a sport):
      do
      take part in
      participate in
      engage in
      be involved in
      join in
      compete in
    3. represent (a character) in a theatrical performance or a film:
      act
      enact
      represent
      perform
      portray
      depict
      impersonate
      execute
      render
      interpret
      personate
      act the part of
      play the part of
      take the role of
      appear as
      pretend to be
    4. move lightly and quickly, so as to appear and disappear; flicker:
      dance
      flit
      dart
      ripple
      lick
      touch
      move lightly
      noun
      1. activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children:
        amusement
        entertainment
        relaxation
        recreation
        enjoyment
        pleasure
        diversion
        distraction
        leisure
        fun
        games
        fun and games
        playfulness
        horseplay
        skylarking
        larks
        jollification
        junketing
        merrymaking
        revelry
        sport
        a good time
        Opposite:
        work
        • a dramatic work for the stage or to be broadcast:
          drama
          stage play
          teleplay
          screenplay
          comedy
          tragedy
          farce
          sketch
          production
          performance
          spectacle
          show
          stage show
          theatrical work
          theatrical piece
          radio play
          television play
        • the space in or through which a mechanism can or does move:
          movement
          slack
          give
          scope
          latitude
          elbow room
          space
          margin
          freedom of movement
          free motion
          room to maneuver
          room to operate

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