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play verb
Meaning : Participate in games or sport.
Example :
We played hockey all afternoon.
Play cards.
Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches.
Meaning : Act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome.
Example :
This factor played only a minor part in his decision.
This development played into her hands.
I played no role in your dismissal.
Meaning : Play on an instrument.
Example :
The band played all night long.
Meaning : Be at play. Be engaged in playful activity. Amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children.
Example :
The kids were playing outside all day.
I used to play with trucks as a little girl.
Meaning : Replay (as a melody).
Example :
Play it again, Sam.
She played the third movement very beautifully.
Synonyms : spiel
Meaning : Perform music on (a musical instrument).
Example :
He plays the flute.
Can you play on this old recorder?.
Meaning : Move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly.
Example :
The spotlights played on the politicians.
Meaning : Bet or wager (money).
Example :
He played $20 on the new horse.
She plays the races.
Meaning : Engage in recreational activities rather than work. Occupy oneself in a diversion.
Example :
On weekends I play.
The students all recreate alike.
Synonyms : recreate
Meaning : Pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity.
Example :
Let's play like I am mommy.
Play cowboy and Indians.
Meaning : Emit recorded sound.
Example :
The tape was playing for hours.
The stereo was playing Beethoven when I entered.
Meaning : Perform on a certain location.
Example :
The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16.
She has been playing on Broadway for years.
Meaning : Put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game.
Example :
He is playing his cards close to his chest.
The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory.
Meaning : Engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously.
Example :
They played games on their opponents.
Play the stock market.
Play with her feelings.
Toy with an idea.
Synonyms : toy
Meaning : Behave in a certain way.
Example :
Play safe.
Play it safe.
Play fair.
Meaning : Cause to emit recorded audio or video.
Example :
They ran the tapes over and over again.
I'll play you my favorite record.
He never tires of playing that video.
Synonyms : run
Meaning : Use to one's advantage.
Example :
She plays on her clients' emotions.
Meaning : Be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way.
Example :
This speech didn't play well with the American public.
His remarks played to the suspicions of the committee.
Meaning : Cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space.
Example :
The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack.
Meaning : Be performed or presented for public viewing.
Example :
What's playing in the local movie theater?.
`Cats' has been playing on Broadway for many years.
Meaning : Discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream.
Example :
Play water from a hose.
The fountains played all day.
Meaning : Make bets.
Example :
Play the races.
Play the casinos in Trouville.
Meaning : Shoot or hit in a particular manner.
Example :
She played a good backhand last night.
Meaning : Use or move.
Example :
I had to play my queen.
Meaning : Employ in a game or in a specific position.
Example :
They played him on first base.
Meaning : Exhaust by allowing to pull on the line.
Example :
Play a hooked fish.
play noun
Meaning : A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage.
Example :
He wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway.
Synonyms : drama, dramatic play
Meaning : A theatrical performance of a drama.
Example :
The play lasted two hours.
Meaning : A preset plan of action in team sports.
Example :
The coach drew up the plays for her team.
Meaning : A state in which action is feasible.
Example :
The ball was still in play.
Insiders said the company's stock was in play.
Meaning : Utilization or exercise.
Example :
The play of the imagination.
Meaning : An attempt to get something.
Example :
They made a futile play for power.
He made a bid to gain attention.
Synonyms : bid
Meaning : Activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules.
Example :
Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child.
Synonyms : child's play
Meaning : (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds.
Example :
Rain stopped play in the 4th inning.
Synonyms : period of play, playing period
Meaning : The removal of constraints.
Example :
He gave free rein to his impulses.
They gave full play to the artist's talent.
Synonyms : free rein
Meaning : A weak and tremulous light.
Example :
The shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers.
The play of light on the water.
Synonyms : shimmer
Meaning : (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession.
Example :
It is my turn.
It is still my play.
Synonyms : turn
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Play ka meaning, vilom shabd, paryayvachi aur samanarthi shabd in Hindi. Play ka matlab kya hota hai?