Definition of play

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Play (n.) Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display; scope; as, to give full play to mirth..

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Exhibit :: Exhibit (n.) Any article, or collection of articles, displayed to view, as in an industrial exhibition; a display; as, this exhibit was marked A; the English exhibit..
Dodger :: Dodger (n.) One who dodges or evades; one who plays fast and loose, or uses tricky devices..
Play :: Play (v. t.) To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump..
Touchback :: Touchback (n.) The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.
Person :: Person (n.) A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character..
Cosmos :: Cosmos (n.) The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony..
Promenade :: Promenade (v. i.) To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise..
Rollic :: Rollic (v. i.) To move or play in a careless, swaggering manner, with a frolicsome air; to frolic; to sport; commonly in the form rollicking..
Play :: Play (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes..
Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate..
Tiring-room :: Tiring-room (n.) The room or place where players dress for the stage.
Lambent :: Lambent (a.) Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
Rigoll :: Rigoll (n.) A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end..
Struma :: Strum (v. t. & i.) To play on an instrument of music, or as on an instrument, in an unskillful or noisy way; to thrum; as, to strum a piano..
React :: React (v. t.) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; as, to react a play; the same scenes were reacted at Rome..
Piping :: Piping (v.) Playing on a musical pipe.
Thumb :: Thumb (v. i.) To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
Catcher :: Catcher (n.) The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball.
Actress :: Actress (n.) A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.
Divertissement :: Divertissement (n.) A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play..
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