Definition of play

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Play (v. t.) To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute; as, to play tricks..

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Crowd :: Crowd (n.) An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow..
Bowling :: Bowling (n.) The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins..
Trick :: Trick (a.) The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players..
Playmate :: Playmate (n.) A companion in diversions; a playfellow.
Euchre :: Euchre (n.) A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower..
Playhouse :: Playhouse (n.) A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater.
Go :: Go (n.) That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
Antic :: Antic (n.) A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.
Barleybreak :: Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal..
Dodge :: Dodge (v. i.) To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble.
Humor :: Humor (n.) That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness..
Hazard :: Hazard (n.) A game of chance played with dice.
Wanton :: Wanton (v. i.) To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
Gamester :: Gamester (n.) A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games..
Flirt :: Flirt (v. t.) One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl..
Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line..
Card :: Card (v. i.) To play at cards; to game.
Hellenize :: Hellenize (v. i.) To use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize.
Playground :: Playground (n.) A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school..
Theorbist :: Theorbist (n.) One who plays on a theorbo.
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