Definition of play

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Play (n.) A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in which characters are represented by dialogue and action.

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Pack :: Pack (n.) A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack..
Horseplay :: Horseplay (n.) Rude, boisterous play..
String :: String (v. t.) To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it..
Declaim :: Declaim (v. i.) To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant..
Bandy :: Bandy (n.) The game played with such a club; hockey; shinney; bandy ball.
Playtime :: Playtime (n.) Time for play or diversion.
Sign :: Sign (n.) A lettered board, or other conspicuous notice, placed upon or before a building, room, shop, or office to advertise the business there transacted, or the name of the person or firm carrying it on; a publicly displayed token or notice..
Sportless :: Sportive (a.) Tending to, engaged in, or provocate of, sport; gay; froliscome; playful; merry..
Demonstrative :: Demonstrative (a.) Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative..
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate..
Domino :: Domino (n.) One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played.
Knight :: Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
Air :: Air (n.) A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria..
Tragical :: Tragical (a.) Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation..
Intermede :: Intermede (n.) A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera..
Playgoer :: Playgoer (n.) One who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances..
Embrasure :: Embrasure (n.) A splay of a door or window.
Flirtation :: Flirtation (n.) Playing at courtship; coquetry.
Harp :: Harp (v. t.) To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon..
Bespeak :: Bespeak (n.) A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.).
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