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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Play" Definition
noun
A literary work written for performance on the stage; a drama.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Action, motion, or use: the play of the imagination.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Activity engaged in for enjoyment or recreation.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
An attempt to obtain something; a bid: a play for sympathy.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Fun or jesting: It was all done in play.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
Music To perform (a piece) on instruments or an instrument.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Music To perform on (an instrument): play the guitar.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To assume the role of; act as: played the peacemaker at the meeting.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To attempt to keep or gain possession or control of: No foul was called because he was playing the ball.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To bet; wager: played ten dollars on the horse.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
phrasal-verb
Play along Informal To cooperate or pretend to cooperate: decided to play along with the robbers for a while.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Play around To philander.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Play at To do or take part in halfheartedly.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Play at To participate in; engage in.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Play back To replay (a recently recorded tape, for example).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To cause the recorded sound or image of (as a record or a magnetic tape) to be reproduced.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To discharge, fire, or set off with continuous effect .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cause to move or operate lightly and irregularly or intermittently.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To keep (a hooked fish) in action.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cause (as a radio or phonograph) to emit sounds.
Source: Merriam-Webster
idiom
In play Sports In a position to be legally or feasibly played: The ball is now in play.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Out of play Sports Not in a position to be legally or feasibly played.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Play ball Slang To cooperate: The opposing attorneys refused to play ball with us.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Play fast and loose To behave in a recklessly irresponsible or deceitful manner: played fast and loose with the facts.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Play for time To use delaying tactics; temporize.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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