Definition of play

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Play (n.) Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game..

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Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.
Carbide :: Carbide (n.) A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet..
Marker :: Marker (n.) A counter used in card playing and other games.
Credit :: Credit (n.) Trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit..
Paronomastical :: Paronomastical (a.) Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.
Lacrosse :: Lacrosse (n.) A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a crosse. The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field..
Air :: Air (n.) To expose for the sake of public notice; to display ostentatiously; as, to air one's opinion..
Revel :: Revel (v. i.) To move playfully; to indulge without restraint.
Explode :: Explode (v. t.) To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play..
Aerognosy :: Aerognosy (n.) The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature..
Tibicinate :: Tibicinate (v. i.) To play on a tibia, or pipe..
Badminton :: Badminton (n.) A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks..
Act :: Act (v. t.) To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero..
Gladiature :: Gladiature (n.) Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest.
Virginal :: Virginal (v. i.) To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat..
Iris :: Iris (n.) An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.
Magnificent :: Magnificent (a.) Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence..
Aside :: Aside (n.) Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear..
Muster :: Muster (v. t.) To collect and display; to assemble, as troops for parade, inspection, exercise, or the like..
Plot :: Plot (n.) In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means..
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