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OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Play" Definition
noun
A literary work written for performance on the stage; a drama.
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Action, motion, or use: the play of the imagination.
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Activity engaged in for enjoyment or recreation.
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An attempt to obtain something; a bid: a play for sympathy.
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Fun or jesting: It was all done in play.
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idiom
In play Sports In a position to be legally or feasibly played: The ball is now in play.
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Out of play Sports Not in a position to be legally or feasibly played.
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Play ball Slang To cooperate: The opposing attorneys refused to play ball with us.
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Play fast and loose To behave in a recklessly irresponsible or deceitful manner: played fast and loose with the facts.
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Play for time To use delaying tactics; temporize.
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verb-intransitive
Music To emit sound or be sounded in performance: The band is playing.
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Music To perform on an instrument: play on an accordion.
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To act or conduct oneself in a specified way: play fair; an investor who plays cautiously.
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To act, especially in a dramatic production.
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To be performed, as in a theater or on television: A good movie is playing tonight.
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verb-transitive
Music To perform (a piece) on instruments or an instrument.
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Music To perform on (an instrument): play the guitar.
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To assume the role of; act as: played the peacemaker at the meeting.
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To attempt to keep or gain possession or control of: No foul was called because he was playing the ball.
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To bet; wager: played ten dollars on the horse.
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phrasal-verb
Play along Informal To cooperate or pretend to cooperate: decided to play along with the robbers for a while.
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Play around To philander.
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Play at To do or take part in halfheartedly.
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Play at To participate in; engage in.
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Play back To replay (a recently recorded tape, for example).
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