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Verb: play pley- Participate in games or sport
"We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" - Act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
"This factor played only a minor part in his decision"; "This development played into her hands"; "I played no role in your dismissal" - Play on an instrument
"The band played all night long" - Play a role or part
"Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"
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Noun: play pley- A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
"he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"
- drama, dramatic play - A theatrical performance of a drama
"the play lasted two hours" - A preset plan of action in team sports
"the coach drew up the plays for her team" - A deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
"the runner was out on a play by the shortstop"
- maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn] - A state in which action is feasible
"the ball was still in play"; "insiders said the company's stock was in play" - Utilization or exercise
"the play of the imagination" - An attempt to get something
"they made a futile play for power"
- bid - Activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
"Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child"
- child's play - (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
"rain stopped play in the 4th inning"
- playing period, period of play - The removal of constraints
"they gave full play to the artist's talent"
- free rein - A weak and tremulous light
"the play of light on the water"
- shimmer - Verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- fun, sport - Movement or space for movement
"there was too much play in the steering wheel"
- looseness - Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
"it was all done in play"
- frolic, romp, gambol, caper - (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
"it is still my play"
- turn - The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
"there was heavy play at the blackjack table"
- gambling, gaming - The act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skilfully
- swordplay
Derived forms: played, plays, playing See also: play out, played, player, playing, playlet Type of: act, action, activeness, activity, alteration, amount, apply, assume, attempt, beat, behave, change, compete, consider, contend, create, deal, deploy, discharge, displace, diversion, do, dramatic composition, dramatic work, drollness, effort, employ, employment, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], exercise, exhaust, exploit, feign, freedom, gamble, go, hit, humor [US], humour [Brit, Cdn], locomote, look at, make, manipulate, measure, modification, motion, movability, movableness, move, movement, perform, plan of action, quantity, re-create, recreation, sham, show, simulate, sound, take, travel, try, tucker [N. Amer], tucker out [N. Amer], usage, use, utilisation [Brit], utilise [Brit], utilization, utilize, vice, vie, wash up, wit, witticism, wittiness, work Part of: athletic game Encyclopedia: Play, Musician Play Play, The Videogames World Play, Pierre-Guillaume-Frédéric Le Play, Pierre-Guillaume-Frederic Le |