{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "pleɪ" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/play.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/play.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English pleyen, playen, pleȝen, plæien, also Middle English plaȝen, plawen (compare English plaw), from Old English pleġan, pleoġan, plæġan, and Old English plegian, pleagian, plagian (“to play, exercise, etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *plehan (“to care about, be concerned with”) and Proto-West Germanic *plegōn (“to engage, move”); both perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *blek- (“to move, move about”), from Proto-Indo-European *bal- (compare Ancient Greek βλύω (blúō), βλύζω (blúzō, “I gush out, spring”), Sanskrit बल्बलीति (balbalīti, “it whirls, twirls”)).\n\n\ncognates and related terms\n\nCognate with Scots play (“to act or move briskly, cause to move, stir”), Saterland Frisian pleegje (“to look after, care for, maintain”), West Frisian pleegje, pliigje (“to commit, perform, bedrive”), Middle Dutch pleyen (\"to dance, leap for joy, rejoice, be glad\"; compare Modern Dutch pleien (“to play a particular children's game”)), Dutch plegen (“to commit, bedrive, practice”), German pflegen (“to care for, be concerned with, attend to, tend”). Related also to Old English plēon (“to risk, endanger”). More at plight, pledge.\n\n\nThe noun is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, plega, plæġa (“play, quick motion, movement, exercise; (athletic) sport, game; festivity, drama; battle; gear for games, an implement for a game; clapping with the hands, applause”), deverbative of plegian (“to play”); see above." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.\nThey played long and hard.\n2001, Sabloff, Annabelle, Reordering the Natural World, Univ. of Toronto Press, page 83:A youngster listed some of the things his pet did not do: go on vacation, play in the same way that he did with his friends, and so on.\n2003, Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont et al. (eds.), Joining Society: Social Interaction and Learning in Adolescence and Youth, Cambridge Univ. Press, p.52:\nWe had to play for an hour, so that meant that we didn't have time to play and joke around." }, { "mean": "(transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).\nHypernym: try\nHyponym: replay\nHe plays on three teams\nWho's playing now?\nplay football\nplay sports\nplay games", "submean": [ "(transitive) To compete against, in a game.\nWe're playing one of the top teams in the next round.\n2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport:England will not be catapulted among the favourites for Euro 2012 as a result of this win, but no victory against Spain is earned easily and it is right they take great heart from their efforts as they now prepare to play Sweden at Wembley on Tuesday.", "(transitive) (in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.\nLook at the score now ... 23 plays 8!" ] }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love.\nSynonyms: get it on, make out, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate\n1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Her proper face I not descerned in that darkesome shade, But weend it was my loue, with whom he playd." }, { "mean": "To gamble.\n1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview 2004, p. 407:\n“I play, comparatively, very little; I don't drink a fifth part so much as half the people I live with; and I reckon myself, upon the whole, a very orderly, sober fellow.”" }, { "mean": "(transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.\nHe plays the King, and she’s the Queen.\nNo part of the brain plays the role of permanent memory.\n1984, Chris Robinson, commercial for Vicks Formula 44:\nI'm not a doctor, but I do play one on TV.\n2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual." }, { "mean": "(multiple senses, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.", "submean": [ "(intransitive, of a music) To produce music.\nSynonyms: cook, jam; see also Thesaurus:play music\n2007, Dan Erlewine, Guitar Player Repair Guide, →ISBN, page 220:If your guitar plays well on fretted strings but annoys you on the open ones, the nut's probably worn out.", "(intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.\nI've practiced the piano off and on, but I still can't play very well.", "(transitive, especially of a person) To produce music (or a specified song or musical style) using (a specified musical instrument).\nI'll play the piano and you sing.\nCan you play an instrument?\nWe especially like to play jazz together.\nPlay a song for me.\nDo you know how to play Für Elise?\nMy son thinks he can play music.", "(transitive, ergative) To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording.\nYou can play the DVD now.", "(intransitive, of a theatrical performance) To be performed; (or of a film) to be shown.\nHis latest film is playing in the local theatre tomorrow.", "(transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform in or at; to give performances in or at.\n2008, My Life: From Normandy to Hockeytown, →ISBN, page 30:I got a hold of Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong's agent and I explained to him on the phone that, \"I know you're playing London on Wednesday night. Why don't you come and play the Arena in Windsor on Saturday night?\"", "(transitive) To act or perform (a play).\nto play a comedy" ] }, { "mean": "(multiple senses) To behave in a particular way.", "submean": [ "(copulative) Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being.\n1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. , volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. , →OCLC:Thou canst play the rational if thou wilt.\n1985, Sharon S. Brehm, Intimate Relationships:\nPlaying hard to get is not the same as slamming the door in someone's face.\n1996, Michael P. Malone, James J Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest:\nNow, surveying his final link, he had the nice advantage of being able to play coy with established port cities that desperately wanted his proven railroad.\n2003, John U. Ogbu, Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement, p.194:\nInstead, they played dumb, remained silent, and did their classwork.", "(intransitive) To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless.\na. 1700, William Temple, “Of Health and Long-life”, in Miscellanea. The Third Part. , London: Jonathan Swift,  Benjamin Tooke, , published 1701, →OCLC, page 167:Thus Men are apt to play with their Healths and their Lives as they do with their Cloaths: ", "(intransitive) To act; to behave; to practice deception.\nc. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :His mother played false with a smith.", "(transitive) To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute.\nto play tricks\n1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. , London: , , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:Nature here Wantoned as in her prime, and played at will Her virgin fancies.\n1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart; Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC:The Bat—they called him the Bat. . He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.", "(African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; say something for amusement.\n2016, Styles, T., “seventeen”, in Clown Niggas‎, United States of America: The Cartel Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 161:He grew serious. “Sorry, E.M. Just fucking around.”“Well, I don’t play like that and you know it.”" ] }, { "mean": "(transitive, intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate.\nThe fountain plays.\nHe played the torch beam around the room.\n1705, George Cheyne, Philosophical Principles of Religion:\nThe heart beats, the blood circulates, the lungs play.\n1908, W B M Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:\nThe colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.\n1972, Ian Anderson (lyrics), “Thick As A Brick”, performed by Jethro Tull:The Poet and the PainterCasting shadows on the waterAs the sun plays on the infantryReturning from the sea." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To move to and fro.\nc. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :the waving sedges play with wind\n1712 (date written), Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. , London: J Tonson, , published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene v, page 1:\nThe setting sun Plays on their shining arms and burnished helmets.\n1733, , An Essay on Man. , (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J Wilford, , →OCLC:All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To put in action or motion.\nto play cannon upon a fortification\nto play a trump in a card game" }, { "mean": "(transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it." }, { "mean": "(transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle someone.\nSynonym: defraud\nYou played me!\n2020, “Ballad Of You & I”, performed by Hotel Lux:If this our song, you're the composer I'm not a game, but you play me anyway" } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.\nChildren learn through play.\n1817 December​, , Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. , volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, , 1818, →OCLC:She was fond of all boys' plays, and greatly preferred cricket to dolls" }, { "mean": "(uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.\nThis kind of play helps the young lion cubs develop their hunting skills." }, { "mean": "(uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.\nPlay was very slow in the first half.\nAfter the rain break, play resumed at 3 o'clock.\nThe game was abandoned after 20 minutes' play" }, { "mean": "(uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.\nHis play has improved a lot this season." }, { "mean": "(countable) A short sequence of action within a game.\nThat was a great play by the Mudchester Rovers forward." }, { "mean": "(countable, turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.\nSynonym: move\n2009, Joe Edley, John Williams, Everything Scrabble: Third Edition (page 85)\nAWARD is better than either WARED or WADER. However, there's an even better play! If you have looked at the two-to-make-three letter list, you may have noticed the word AWA." }, { "mean": "(countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.\nSynonyms: drama; see also Thesaurus:drama\nThis book contains all of Shakespeare's plays." }, { "mean": "(countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.\nWe saw a two-act play in the theatre." }, { "mean": "(countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.\nABC Widgets makes a play in the bicycle market with its bid to take over Acme Sprockets.\nTurpin signals the Metric Party's long-term play for housing reform" }, { "mean": "(countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources." }, { "mean": "(uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)\nthe play of light and shadow across the boy's face\n1956, Nyanatiloka Mahåthera, Fundamentals of Buddhism Four Lectures:the sum of mental and physical phenomena known by the conventional name “person” or “individual” is not at all the mere play of blind chance." }, { "mean": "(uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.\nNo wonder the fanbelt is slipping: there’s too much play in it.\nToo much play in a steering wheel may be dangerous." }, { "mean": "(uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.\n1996, Sabrina P Ramet, Gender reversals and gender cultures:The rarity of male domination in fantasy play is readily explained.\n1996, \"toptigger\", (on Internet newsgroup alt.personals.spanking.punishment)\nPalm Springs M seeks sane F 4 safe bdsm play\n2013, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Best Bondage Erotica 2014:There were none of the usual restrictions on public nudity or sexual interaction in the club environment. Still, the night was young, and as he'd made his way to the bar to order Mistress Ramona a gin and tonic, he'd seen little in the way of play.\n2014, Jiri T. Servant, Facts About Bondage - Bondage Guide For Beginners:This type of play allows some people to relax and enjoy being given pleasure without having to think about giving pleasure back at the same time." }, { "mean": "(countable) An instance of watching or listening to digital media.\nSynonyms: (of visual media) view, (of audio) listen\n2014 December 3, Victor Luckerson, “These Were Spotify's Most-Streamed Songs This Year”, in Time‎:The most-streamed artist of the year was British singer Ed Sheeran, who amassed 860 million plays with hits like “I See Fire.”" }, { "mean": "(countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played." }, { "mean": "(archaic, now usually in compounds) Activity relating to martial combat or fighting.\nhandplay, swordplay" } ] }, { "name": "Derived_terms", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Terms derived from the noun or verb play\n\nafterplay\nairplay\nall work and no play makes Jack a dull boy\nat play\nbloodplay\nchild's play\nclose of play\ndouble play\ndownplay\nfair play\nfireplay\nforce play\nforeplay\nfoul play\ngo play in the traffic\ngrandstand play\nlearn to play\nlong play\nnativity play\nmiracle play\nmystery play\noutdoor play\noutplay\npassion play\nphotoplay\npissplay\nplayact/play-act\nplay about\nplay a double game\nplayaholic\nplay along\nplay a part\nplay around\nplayathon\nplay a waiting game\nplay back\nplay ball\nplaybill\nplay booty\nplay both ends against the middle, play both sides against the middle\nplayboy\nplay by ear\nplay by play, play-by-play\nplay cat and mouse\nplay catch-up\nplay club\nplay coy\nplay Cupid\nplay date, playdate\nplay dead\nplay doctor\nplaydough\nplay down\nplay dumb\nplayer\nplay fair\nplay fast and loose\nplay fight/play-fight/playfight\nplay for love\nplayful\nplay games\nplaygirl\nplayground\nplay hardball\nplay hard to get\nplay hob with\nplay hooky\nplay house\nplayhouse\nplay in\nplay in Peoria\nplay it by ear\nplay it safe\nplay it straight\nplaylist\nplay lunch\nplaymate\nplay merry hell with\nplay money\nplay musical chairs\nplay nice\nplay Nostradamus\nplay number two\nplayoff/play-off/play off\nplay Old Harry\nplay on\nplay one against another\nplay one's cards right\nplay on words\nplayout/play out\nplaypen\nplay possum\nplayreader\nplayreading\nplayright\nplayroom\nplayschool\nplay second fiddle\nplay silly buggers\nplay someone like a fiddle\nplaysuit\nplaytest\nplay the advantage\nplay the angles\nplay the ball, play the ball and not the man\nplay the board\nplay the clitar\nplay the deuce with\nplay the devil with\nplay the dickens with\nplay the field\nplay the fool\nplay the game\nplay the gender card\nplay the giddy goat\nplay the goat\nplay the hand one is dealt\nplay the long game\nplay the man, play the man and not the ball\nplay the mischief with\nplay the odds\nplay the ponies\nplay the pronoun game\nplay the race card\nplay therapy\nplay the same tape\nplay the skin flute\nplay the system\nplay the victim card\nplay the wag\nplay the white man\nplay the world's smallest violin\nplaything\nplaythrough\nplaytime\nplay to the gallery\nplay to win\nplay truant\nplay up\nplay up Old Gooseberry\nplay upon\nplayware\nplaywear\nplay with\nplay with a full deck\nplay with fire\nplay with oneself\nplaywork\nplayworker\nplayworthy\nplaywright\nplaywriter\nplug-and-play\npower play\nquad play\nradio play/radioplay\nrain stopped play\nroleplay/role play/role-play\nscreen play/screenplay\nshadow play\nside play\nsqueeze play\nstageplay\nstay and play\nteleplay\ntriple play\nturnabout is fair play\ntwo can play that game\nwar play\nwet play\nwhen the cat's away the mice will play\nword play/wordplay" } ] }, { "name": "See_also", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "outdoor" } ] }, { "name": "Further_reading", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "play on Wikipedia.Wikipedia \nplay at OneLook Dictionary Search\nplay in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "파생_항", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "참고_참고", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "추가_판독", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }