Definition of play

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Play (v. t.) To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute; as, to play tricks..

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Fiddlestick :: Fiddlestick (n.) The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow..
Fiddle :: Fiddle (v. i.) To play on a fiddle.
Admit :: Admit (v. t.) To give a right of entrance; as, a ticket admits one into a playhouse..
Lute :: Lute (v. t.) To play on a lute, or as on a lute..
Splay :: Splay (a.) Displayed; spread out; turned outward; hence, flat; ungainly; as, splay shoulders..
Lurch :: Lurch (v. i.) To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
Liberty :: Liberty (n.) A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like..
Sport :: Sport (n.) That with which one plays, or which is driven about in play; a toy; a plaything; an object of mockery..
Mask :: Mask (n.) A cover, or partial cover, for the face, used for disguise or protection; as, a dancer's mask; a fencer's mask; a ball player's mask..
Plectrum :: Plectrum (n.) A small instrument of ivory, wood, metal, or quill, used in playing upon the lyre and other stringed instruments..
Melodiograph :: Melodiograph (n.) A contrivance for preserving a record of music, by recording the action of the keys of a musical instrument when played upon..
Gavot :: Gavot (n.) A kind of difficult dance; a dance tune, the air of which has two brisk and lively, yet dignified, strains in common time, each played twice over..
Bopeep :: Bopeep (n.) The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened..
Run :: Run (a.) To be played on the stage a number of successive days or nights; as, the piece ran for six months..
Circus :: Circus (n.) A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage..
Coruscation :: Coruscation (n.) A sudden flash or play of light.
Underplay :: Underplay (n.) The act of underplaying.
Foppish :: Foppish (a.) Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.
Boggle :: Boggle (n.) To play fast and loose; to dissemble.
Fourhanded :: Fourhanded (a.) Requiring four hands or players; as, a fourhanded game at cards..
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