vverb.socialoccupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashionSynset:amuse divert
Examples:- The play amused the ladies
Derivationally Related Form:amusementamusivediversion
Hypernyms:entertain
Inherited Hypernyms:amuseentertainsocializeinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: amuse, disport, divert) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: amuse)
vverb.motionplay boisterouslySynset:cavort frisk frolic gambol lark lark about rollick romp run around skylark sport
Examples:- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
Derivationally Related Form:rompersportromplarkgambolfrolic
Hypernyms:play
Inherited Hypernyms:frolicplayact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP