Definitions For Play

noun

• The act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
• The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
• Activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
• (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
• Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
• A deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
• A preset plan of action in team sports
• An attempt to get something
• Utilization or exercise
• Movement or space for movement
• Verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
• A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
• A theatrical performance of a drama
• A weak and tremulous light
• The removal of constraints
• A state in which action is feasible
• (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
• To do activities for fun or enjoyment
• To participate in (a game or sport)
• To compete against (someone) in a game

verb

• Engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
• Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
• Exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
• Consider not very seriously
• Participate in games or sport
• Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
• Employ in a game or in a specific position
• Use or move
• Shoot or hit in a particular manner
• Bet or wager (money)
• Put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
• Stake on the outcome of an issue
• Make bets
• Use to one's advantage
• Discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
• Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
• Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
• Perform on a certain location
• Be performed or presented for public viewing
• Cause to emit recorded audio or video
• Emit recorded sound
• Play a role or part
• Perform on a stage or theater
• Pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
• Replay (as a melody)
• Play on an instrument
• Perform music on (a musical instrument)
• Move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
• Cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
• Act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
• Engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
• Be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
• Behave carelessly or indifferently
• Behave in a certain way
• Be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way