Definition of play

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Play (n.) Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action..

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Credence :: Credence (n.) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose..
Sycophant :: Sycophant (v. t.) To play the sycophant toward; to flatter obsequiously.
Rig :: Rig (v. i.) To play the wanton; to act in an unbecoming manner; to play tricks.
Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A form of English drama or play, usually short, merry, and farcical, which succeeded the Moralities or Moral Plays in the transition to the romantic or Elizabethan drama..
Mump :: Mump (v. i.) To cheat; to deceive; to play the beggar.
Stager :: Stager (n.) A player.
Tragedienne :: Tragedienne (n.) A woman who plays in tragedy.
Instrumentalist :: Instrumentalist (n.) One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist..
Uplay :: Uplay (v. t.) To hoard.
Piquet :: Piquet (n.) A game at cards played between two persons, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes, being set aside..
Setout :: Setout (n.) A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed..
Bowl :: Bowl (v. i.) To play with bowls.
Fiddle :: Fiddle (v. i.) To play on a fiddle.
Lighten :: Lighten (v. i.) To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash..
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.
Air :: Air (n.) A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria..
Repetition :: Repetition (n.) The act of repeating, singing, or playing, the same piece or part a second time; reiteration of a note..
Lambent :: Lambent (a.) Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
Ninepins :: Ninepins (n. pl.) A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling..
Promenade :: Promenade (n.) A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise..
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