play

How to sign: participate in games or sport
"We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches";

See also: play out

Similiar / Same: playing

Categories: compete, contend, vie

Within this category: ace, backstop, bandy, bid, bowl, catch, complete, cradle, cricket, croquet, curl, develop, develop, die, exit, face off, field, foul, fullback, fumble, gamble, golf, misplay, play out, putt, put out, quarterback, replay, revoke, seesaw, snooker, start, tee off, unblock, volley, walk

play

How to sign: a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
"he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway";

Similiar / Same: drama, dramatic play

Categories: dramatic composition, dramatic work

Within this category: Grand Guignol, miracle play, morality play, mystery play, Passion play, playlet, satyr play, theater of the absurd

play

How to sign: the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
"it is my turn"; "it is still my play";

Similiar / Same: turn

Categories: activity

Within this category: attack, bat, down, innings, lead, move, ruff, start

play

How to sign: play on an instrument
"The band played all night long";

Categories: perform

Within this category: bow, play along, sound off, swing, symphonize

play

How to sign: perform on a stage or theater
"She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'";

Similiar / Same: roleplay, playact, act

Categories: perform

Within this category: mime, overact, stooge, underact

play

How to sign: a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
"he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop";

Similiar / Same: maneuver, manoeuvre

Categories: motion, move, movement

Within this category: assist, ball hawking, completion, figure, footwork, icing, jugglery, mousetrap, obstruction, safety blitz, stroke, takeaway

play

How to sign: movement or space for movement
"there was too much play in the steering wheel";

Similiar / Same: looseness

Categories: movability, movableness

Within this category: slack, wiggliness

play

How to sign: cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
"I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area";

See also: bring up, effect, effectuate, bring about, call down, induce, bring on, invoke, conjure up, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage, conjure, call forth, stage, bring about, pull off, arouse, arrange, put forward, evoke, bring about, stir, raise, set up

Similiar / Same: wreak, make for, bring, work

Categories: create, make

play

How to sign: employ in a game or in a specific position
"They played him on first base";

Categories: apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize