meaning of play
1. To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
2. Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.
3. Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game.
4. The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune in play.
5. Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair play; sword play; a play of wit.
6. A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in which characters are represented by dialogue and action.
7. The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy; as, he attends ever play.
8. Performance on an instrument of music.
9. Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action.
10. Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display; scope; as, to give full play to mirth.
11. the act using a sword or other weapon vigorously and skillfully
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