Definition of play

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Play (v. t.) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it..

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Tumbler :: Tumbler (n.) One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
Droll :: Droll (v. i.) To jest; to play the buffoon.
Sportful :: Sportful (a.) Full of sport; merry; frolicsome; full of jesting; indulging in mirth or play; playful; wanton; as, a sportful companion..
Haze :: Haze (v. t.) To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman..
Playbook :: Playbook (n.) A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play.
Cast :: Cast (n.) The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To play (music) with a bow.
Instrumentation :: Instrumentation (n.) The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance; as, his instrumentation is perfect..
Cue :: Cue (n.) The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play..
Splaymouthed :: Splaymouth (n.) A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision.
Trapball :: Trapball (n.) An old game of ball played with a trap. See 4th Trap, 4..
Mountebank :: Mountebank (v. i.) To play the mountebank.
Double :: Double (n.) A game between two pairs of players; as, a first prize for doubles..
Parade :: Parade (v. t.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled..
Bowl :: Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward..
Check :: Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move..
Splay :: Splay (v. t.) To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window, etc..
Write :: Write (v. i.) To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose..
Cricket :: Cricket (v. i.) To play at cricket.
Clumps :: Clumps (n.) A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two clumps or groups, the clump which guesses the word winning the game..
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