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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Declaim :: Declaim (v. i.) To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant..
Displaying :: Displaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displa.
Overflourish :: Overflourish (v. t.) To make excessive display or flourish of.
Declamatory :: Declamatory (a.) Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style..
Dealing :: Dealing (n.) The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person..
Dump :: Dump (n.) A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing..
Pinocle :: Pinocle (n.) A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs..
Bayonet :: Bayonet (n.) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery..
Improvise :: Improvise (v. t.) To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously..
Disportment :: Disportment (n.) Act of disporting; diversion; play.
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist..
#NAME? :: -ing () A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing..
Polo :: Polo (n.) A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates..
Outplay :: Outplay (v. t.) To excel or defeat in a game; to play better than; as, to be outplayed in tennis or ball..
Violin :: Violin (n.) A small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle..
Horseplay :: Horseplay (n.) Rude, boisterous play..
Ostentator :: Ostentator (n.) One fond of display; a boaster.
Ruffle :: Ruffle (v. i.) To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.
Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything..
Playmate :: Playmate (n.) A companion in diversions; a playfellow.
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