play
What is the Definition of play?
Noun:
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances)
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon)
Verb:
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece)
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
How can I use play in a sentence?
Flint nearly kills the Gryffindor Seeker, which could happen to anyone, I am sure, so a penalty to Gryffindor, taken by Spinner, who puts it away, no trouble, and we continue play, Gryffindor still in possession.
So I told him, Fluffy's a piece o' cake if yeh know how to calm him down, jus' play him a bit o' music an' he will go straight off ter sleep — Hagrid suddenly looked horrified.
It kept wandering up to the dormitory where his new broomstick was lying under his bed, or straying off to the Quidditch field where he would be learning to play that night.
Yeah he asked what I did, an' I told him I was gamekeeper here He asked a bit about the sorta creatures I took after so I told him an' I said what I would always really wanted was a dragon an' then I can' remember too well, ‘cause he kept buyin' me drinks Let's see yeah, then he said he had the dragon egg an' we could play cards fer it if I wanted but he had ter be sure I could handle it, he didn' want it ter go ter any old home .
In the few seconds' silence, the dog growled and twitched, but the moment Hermione began to play, it fell back into its deep sleep.
Other meanings of play (synonyms, cognates).
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| play wright |
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| playact |
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| playback |
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| playbill |
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| playboy |
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| played |
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| player |
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| playful |
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| playfulness |
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| playgirl |
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| playground |
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| playhouse |
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| playing |
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| playmate |
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| playoff |
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| playpen |
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| playroom |
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| plays |
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| plaything |
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| playtime |
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| playwright |
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