Synonym of the word PLAY

play

v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
n. The conduct, or course of a game.
n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
n. (countable) A major move by a business.
n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

act

n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
n. The process of doing something.
n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
n. (countable) Any organized activity.
n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
v. (intransitive) To do something.
v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
v. (transitive) To play (a role).
v. (transitive) To feign.
v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

action

n. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
n. A way of motion or functioning.
n. A fast-paced activity.
n. A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
n. (music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano,…
n. (slang) sexual intercourse.
n. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
n. (military) Combat.
n. (law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
n. (mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual…
n. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem,…
n. (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive…
n. (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
n. (business, obsolete, a Gallicism) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public…
interj. Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
v. (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.

activeness

n. The state or quality of being active.

activity

n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
n. Something done as an action or a movement.
n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).

alteration

n. The act of altering or making different.
n. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.

amount

n. The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard…
n. A quantity or volume.
n. (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
v. (intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.
v. (intransitive, followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.
v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend.

apply

v. (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another).
v. (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate;…
v. (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the…
v. (transitive) To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.
v. (transitive) To betake; to address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
v. (intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of…
v. (intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
v. (obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
v. (obsolete) To visit.
adj. Alternative spelling of appley.

assume

v. To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
v. To take on a position, duty or form.
v. To adopt a feigned quality or manner.
v. To receive or adopt.
v. To adopt an idea or cause.

attempt

v. To try.
v. (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
v. (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
v. (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
n. The action of trying at something.
n. An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.

beat

n. A stroke; a blow.
n. A pulsation or throb.
n. A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is…
n. A rhythm.
n. The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency.
n. A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
n. The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
n. (by extension) An area of a person's responsibility, especially.
n. (dated) An act of reporting news or scientific results before a rival; a scoop.
n. (colloquial, dated) That which beats, or surpasses, another or others.
n. (dated) A place of habitual or frequent resort.
n. (archaic) A low cheat or swindler.
n. The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
n. (hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those…
n. (fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
v. (transitive) To hit; to knock; to pound; to strike.
v. (transitive) To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
v. (intransitive) To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
v. (intransitive) To move with pulsation or throbbing.
v. (transitive) To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do better than, outdo, or excel (someone) in a…
v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
v. (transitive) To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc…
v. To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
v. (transitive, Britain, In haggling for a price) of a buyer, to persuade the seller to reduce a price.
v. (transitive) To indicate by beating or drumming.
v. To tread, as a path.
v. To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
v. To be in agitation or doubt.
v. To make a sound when struck.
v. (military, intransitive) To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
v. To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and less intensity, so as to produce a pulsating…
v. (transitive) To arrive at a place before someone.
adj. (US slang) exhausted.
adj. dilapidated, beat up.
adj. (gay slang) fabulous.
adj. (slang) boring.
adj. (slang, of a person) ugly.
n. A beatnik.

behave

v. (reflexive) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way.
v. (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
v. (obsolete, transitive) To conduct, manage, regulate (something).
v. (intransitive) To act in a polite or proper way.

bet

n. A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the…
n. A degree of certainty.
v. To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
v. To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
v. (poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the…
n. Alternative form of beth.
prep. (knitting) between.

bid

v. (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
v. (transitive) To invite; to summon; to pray for; to offer.
v. (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
v. (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
v. (transitive) To offer as a price.
v. (intransitive) To make an attempt.
v. (transitive, intransitive, card games) To announce (one's goal), before starting play.
v. (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.
n. An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work.
n. (ultimate frisbee) A (failed) attempt to receive or intercept a pass.
n. An attempt, effort, or pursuit (of a goal).

bring

v. (transitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
v. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute.
v. (transitive) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
v. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
v. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
v. (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
interj. The sound of a telephone ringing.

caper

n. A playful leap or jump.
n. A jump while dancing.
n. A prank or practical joke.
n. (usually in plural) Playful behaviour.
n. A crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime.
v. To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
v. To jump as part of a dance.
v. To engage in playful behaviour.
n. A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
n. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled…
n. A plant of the genus Capparis.
n. (Scotland) The capercaillie.

change

v. (intransitive) To become something different.
v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
v. (transitive) To replace.
v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
v. (archaic) To exchange.
v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

compete

v. To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.
v. To be in a position in which it is possible to win or triumph.
v. To take part in a contest, game or similar event.

consider

v. (transitive) To think about seriously.
v. (transitive) To think of doing.
v. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.
v. (transitive) To look at attentively.
v. (transitive) To take up as an example.
v. (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate or dispose of a motion.
v. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

contend

v. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
v. To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
v. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

create

v. (transitive) To bring into existence.
v. (transitive) To design, invest with a new form, shape, etc.
v. (intransitive) To be creative, imaginative.
v. (transitive) To cause, bring a (non-object) about by action.
v. (transitive) To confer a title of nobility, not by descent, but by giving a title either initiated or…
v. (transitive) To confer a cardinalate, which can not be inherited, but most often bears a pre‐existent…
v. (intransitive, colloquial) To make a fuss, complain; to shout.
adj. (archaic) Created, resulting from creation.

dally

v. To waste time in voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to trifle.
v. To interchange caresses, especially of a sexual nature; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport (compare…
v. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
v. To wind the lasso rope (ie throw-rope) around the saddle horn (the saddle horn is attached to the pommel…
n. Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping.

deal

n. (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share.
n. (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
v. (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
v. (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
v. To distribute cards to the players in a game.
v. (baseball) To pitch.
v. (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
v. (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
v. (obsolete, intransitive) To take action; to act.
v. (intransitive) To trade professionally (followed by in).
v. (transitive) To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.
v. (intransitive) To be concerned with.
v. (intransitive) To handle, to manage, to cope.
n. (archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing.
n. The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.
n. A particular instance of buying or selling, a transaction.
n. Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
n. An agreement between parties; an arrangement.
n. (informal) A situation, occasion, or event.
n. (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.
n. (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
n. (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
n. (countable, archaic) A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity…
adj. Made of deal.

deploy

v. (transitive) To prepare and arrange (usually military unit or units) for use.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To unfold, open, or otherwise become ready for use.
v. (computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
n. (military, dated) deployment.

diddle

n. (music) In percussion, two consecutive notes played by the same hand (either RR or LL), similar to the…
n. (slang, childish) The penis.
v. (transitive) to cheat; to swindle.
v. (transitive) to have sex with.
v. (transitive) to masturbate (especially of women).
v. (transitive) to waste time.
v. (intransitive) To totter, like a child learning to walk; to daddle.

discharge

v. To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
v. To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
v. To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
v. To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
v. To expel or let go.
v. To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
v. (electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
v. To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
v. To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
v. To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
v. To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the…
v. To unload a ship or another means of transport.
v. To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or…
v. To give forth; to emit or send out.
v. To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
v. (transitive, textiles) To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
v. (obsolete, Scotland) To prohibit; to forbid.
n. (medicine, uncountable) pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection…
n. the act of accomplishing (an obligation); performance.
n. the act of expelling or letting go.
n. (electricity) the act of releasing an accumulated charge.
n. (medicine) the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
n. (military) the act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
n. (hydrology) the volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of…

displace

v. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
v. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
v. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
v. (psycology) to repress.

diversion

n. (military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
n. A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
n. The act of diverting.
n. Removal of water via a canal.
n. (transport) A detour, such as during road construction.
n. (transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a…
n. (law) Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of…

do

v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker.
v. (transitive) To perform; to execute.
v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
v. (transitive) To have (as an effect).
v. (intransitive) To fare; to succeed or fail.
v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something).
v. To cook.
v. (transitive) To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
v. (transitive) To treat in a certain way.
v. (transitive) To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order,…
v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
v. (transitive) (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
v. (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it).
v. (transitive) To cheat or swindle.
v. (transitive) To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
v. (Britain, dated, intransitive) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
v. (transitive) To take drugs.
v. (idomatic, transitive, in the form be doing [somewhere]) to have a purpose or reason.
n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
n. (informal) A hairdo.
n. (colloquial, obsolete) A period of confusion or argument.
n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
n. (archaic) ado; bustle; stir; to-do.
n. (obsolete, Britain, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
adv. (rare) Abbreviation of ditto.

drama

n. A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating…
n. Such a work for television, radio or the cinema (usually one that is not a comedy).
n. Theatrical plays in general.
n. A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play.
n. (slang) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; intrigue…

effort

n. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
n. An endeavour.
n. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.
v. (uncommon, intransitive) To make an effort.
v. (obsolete, transitive) To stimulate.

employ

n. The state of being an employee; employment.
v. To hire (somebody for work or a job).
v. To use (somebody for a job, or something for a task).
v. To make busy.

employment

n. A use, purpose.
n. The act of employing.
n. The state of being employed.
n. The work or occupation for which one is used, and often paid.
n. An activity to which one devotes time.
n. (economics) The number or percentage of people at work.

encounter

v. (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.
v. (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
n. An unplanned or unexpected meeting.
n. A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish.
n. A sudden, often violent clash, as between combatants.
n. (sports) A match between two opposing sides.

endeavor

n. A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal.
n. Enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity.
v. (obsolete) To exert oneself.
v. (intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.
v. (obsolete, transitive) To attempt (something).
v. To work with purpose.

endeavour

n. British standard spelling of endeavor.
v. British standard spelling of endeavor.

exercise

n. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
n. Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.
n. A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
n. The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
n. (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
v. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
v. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
v. (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
v. (now often in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful…
v. (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.

exhaust

v. (transitive) To draw or let out wholly; to drain off completely.
v. (transitive) To empty by drawing or letting out the contents.
v. (transitive, figuratively) To drain; to use up or expend wholly, or until the supply comes to an end.
v. (transitive) to tire out; to wear out; to cause to be without any energy.
v. (transitive) To bring out or develop completely.
v. (transitive) to discuss thoroughly or completely.
v. (transitive, chemistry) To subject to the action of various solvents in order to remove all soluble substances…
n. A system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged; see…
n. The steam let out of a cylinder after it has done its work there.
n. The dirty air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.
n. An exhaust pipe, especially on a motor vehicle.
n. exhaust gas.
adj. (obsolete) Exhausted; used up.

exploit

n. A heroic or extraordinary deed.
n. An achievement.
n. (computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.
v. (transitive) To use for one’s own advantage.
v. (transitive) To forcibly deprive someone of something to which she or he has a natural right.

feign

v. To make a false copy or version of; to counterfeit.
v. To imagine; to invent; to pretend.
v. To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.
v. To hide or conceal.

fiddle

n. (music) Any of various bowed string instruments, often used to refer to a violin when played in any of…
n. A kind of dock (Rumex pulcher) with leaves shaped like the musical instrument.
n. An adjustment intended to cover up a basic flaw.
n. A fraud; a scam.
n. (nautical) On board a ship or boat, a rail or batten around the edge of a table or stove to prevent objects…
v. To play aimlessly.
v. To adjust in order to cover a basic flaw or fraud etc.
v. (music) To play traditional tunes on a violin in a non-classical style.
v. To touch or fidget with something in a restless or nervous way, or tinker with something in an attempt…

flirt

n. A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion.
n. One who flirts.
n. An act of flirting.
v. (transitive) To throw (something) with a jerk or sudden movement; to fling.
v. (intransitive) To jeer at; to mock.
v. (intransitive) To dart about; to move with quick, jerky motions.
v. (transitive) To blurt out.
v. (intransitive) To play at courtship; to talk with teasing affection, to insinuate sexual attraction in…
v. (intransitive) To experiment, or tentatively engage, with; to become involved in passing with.
adj. pert; wanton.

freedom

n. (uncountable) The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved.
n. (countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
n. Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
n. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.

frolic

adj. (now rare) Merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
adj. (obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.
n. Gaiety; merriment.
n. A playful antic.
v. (intransitive) To romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to be merry.

fun

n. amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
n. playful, often noisy, activity.
adj. (informal) enjoyable, amusing.
adj. (informal) whimsical, flamboyant.
v. (colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.

gamble

n. A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
n. A risky venture.
v. To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
v. To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
v. (transitive) To risk (something) for potential gain.
v. To interact with equipment at a casino.

gambling

v. present participle of gamble.
n. An activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill…

gambol

v. (intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.
v. (Britain, West Midlands) To do a forward roll.
n. An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
n. An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.

gaming

v. present participle of game.
n. The playing of a game or games, including but not limited to video games and games of chance.
n. Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.

go

v. To move.
v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
v. (intransitive) To attend.
v. To proceed.
v. To follow or travel along (a path).
v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
v. To pass, to be used up.
v. (intransitive) To die.
v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
v. To break down or apart.
v. (intransitive) To be sold.
v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
v. To say (something), to make a sound.
v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
v. To apply or subject oneself to.
v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
v. (intransitive) To date.
v. To attack.
v. To be in general; to be usually.
v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
n. (uncommon) The act of going.
n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
n. An attempt, a try.
n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
n. An act; the working or operation.
n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
n. A period of activity.
n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

hit

v. (heading, physical) To strike.
v. (transitive, colloquial) To briefly visit.
v. (transitive, informal) To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
v. (heading) To attain, to achieve.
v. (transitive) To affect negatively.
v. (heading, games) To make a play.
v. (transitive, computing, programming) To use; to connect to.
v. (transitive, US, slang) To have sex with.
v. (transitive, US, slang) To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
n. A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches…
n. (music) A recorded song that receives widespread recognition and success, mainly through radio airplay.
n. An attack on a location, person or people.
n. (computing, Internet) The result of a search of a computer system or of a search engine.
n. (Internet) A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
n. An approximately correct answer in a test set.
n. (baseball) The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s…
n. (colloquial) A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
n. A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
n. (dated) A peculiarly apt expression or turn of thought; a phrase which hits the mark.
n. A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
adj. Designating of a popular song.
pron. (dialectal) It.

humor

n. American spelling of humour.
v. American spelling of humour.

humour

n. (uncountable) The quality of being amusing, comical, funny.
n. (uncountable) A mood, especially a bad mood; a temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by…
n. (archaic or historical) Any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of…
n. (medicine) Either of the two regions of liquid within the eyeball, the aqueous humour and vitreous humour.
n. (obsolete) Moist vapour, moisture.
v. (transitive) To pacify by indulging.

locomote

v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).

looseness

n. The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached…
n. A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
n. Moral laxity; licentiousness.

make

v. (transitive, heading) To create.
v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
v. To constitute.
v. (intransitive, construed with of, typically interrogative) To interpret.
v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
v. (transitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
v. (transitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
v. (transitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
v. (transitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
v. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
v. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
v. To appoint; to name.
v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
v. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
v. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
v. To enact; to establish.
v. To develop into; to prove to be.
v. To form or formulate in the mind.
v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in…
v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
v. (transitive, euphemistic) To take the virginity of.
n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
n. How a thing is made; construction.
n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
n. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
n. A person's character or disposition.
n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of…
n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
n. (slang, usually in phrase "easy make") Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
n. (slang, military) A promotion.
n. A home-made project.
n. (basketball) A made basket.
n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.

maneuver

n. A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
n. (often in the plural) A large training field-exercise of military troops.
n. An adroit or cunning action; a stratagem.
v. (transitive) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
v. (figuratively, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully.
v. (figuratively, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme.

manipulate

v. (transitive) To move, arrange or operate something using the hands.
v. (transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something.
v. (transitive, medicine) To handle and move a body part, either as an examination or for a therapeutic purpose.
v. (transitive) To influence or control someone in order to achieve a specific purpose, especially one that…

manoeuvre

n. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand spelling of maneuver.
v. (transitive) British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand spelling…

measure

n. A prescribed quantity or extent.
n. The act or result of measuring.
n. Metrical rhythm.
n. A course of action.
v. To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
v. To estimate the unit size of something.
v. To judge, value, or appraise.
v. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
v. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
v. To adjust by a rule or standard.
v. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.

meet

v. (heading) Of individuals: to make personal contact.
v. (heading) Of groups: to gather or oppose.
v. (heading) To make physical or perceptual contact.
v. To satisfy; to comply with.
v. To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
n. A sports competition, especially for athletics or swimming.
n. A gathering of riders, their horses and hounds for the purpose of foxhunting.
n. (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into…
n. A meeting.
n. (algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the…
n. (Ireland) An act of French kissing someone.
adj. (archaic) Suitable; right; proper.

modification

n. the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified.
n. an alteration or adjustment to something.
n. a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
n. (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
n. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in…

motion

n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

movability

n. The condition of being movable.

movableness

n. The quality or state of being movable; mobility.

move

v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
n. The act of moving; a movement.
n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
n. The event of changing one's residence.
n. A change in strategy.
n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

movement

n. Physical motion between points in space.
n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
n. An act of emptying the bowels.
n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

perform

v. To do something; to execute.
v. To do something in front of an audience, often in order to entertain it.

play

v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
n. The conduct, or course of a game.
n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
n. (countable) A major move by a business.
n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

playact

v. To perform on, or as if on, a stage.

quantity

n. A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector,…
n. An indefinite amount of something.
n. A specific measured amount.
n. A considerable measure or amount.
n. (metrology) Property of a phenomenon, body, or substance, where the property has a magnitude that can…
n. (mathematics) Indicates that the entire preceding expression is henceforth considered a single object.

re-create

v. (transitive) To create again.
v. (transitive) To create a likeness or copy of.

recreate

v. (transitive) To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.
v. (reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.
v. (intransitive) To take recreation.
v. To create anew.

recreation

n. Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
n. The process of recreating something.
n. The result of this process.

represent

v. (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit…
v. (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate.
v. (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of.
v. (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise…
v. (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.).
v. (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement…
v. (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
v. (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
v. (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended;…
v. (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something…
v. (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be a example of.
v. (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
v. (intransitive) (African American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people;…

roleplay

v. (intransitive) To act out a fantasy, especially with a group.
v. (transitive) To act as a character as part of a fantasy, especially with a group.
n. The practice of roleplaying.

romp

v. (intransitive) To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
v. (transitive, US) (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
v. To win easily.
v. (slang) To engage in playful or boisterous sex.
n. A period of boisterous play, a frolic.
n. (slang) A bout of playful or boisterous sex.
n. (archaic) A girl who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.

run

v. (vertebrates) To move swiftly.
v. (fluids) To flow.
v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
v. (social) To carry out an activity.
v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
v. (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
v. (transitive) To cost a large amount of money.
v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series…
v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
v. To have growth or development.
v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in…
v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching…
v. (video games, rare) To speedrun.
n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
n. A pleasure trip.
n. Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
n. Migration (of fish).
n. A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
n. (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
n. A (regular) trip or route.
n. The route taken while running or skiing.
n. The distance sailed by a ship.
n. A voyage.
n. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
n. (Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
n. State of being current; currency; popularity.
n. A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
n. (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
n. (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
n. A trial.
n. A flow of liquid; a leak.
n. (chiefly eastern Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof…
n. A production quantity (such as in a factory).
n. The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
n. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
n. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great…
n. Any sudden large demand for something.
n. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
n. The horizontal length of a set of stairs.
n. A standard or unexceptional group or category.
n. (baseball) A score (point scored) by a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate.
n. (cricket) A point scored.
n. (American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.
n. Unrestricted use of.
n. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
n. (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
n. (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
n. (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor…
n. A pair or set of millstones.
n. (video games) A playthrough.
n. (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
n. (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
n. (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
n. (video games, rare) A speedrun.
adj. In a liquid state; melted or molten.
adj. Cast in a mould.
adj. Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
adj. (of a fish) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.

sham

adj. Intended to deceive; false.
adj. counterfeit; unreal.
n. A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
n. Trickery, hoaxing.
n. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
n. A decorative cover for a pillow.
v. To deceive, cheat, lie.
v. To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
v. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

shimmer

v. (intransitive) To shine with a veiled, tremulous, or intermittent light; to gleam faintly; to glisten;…
n. A faint or veiled and tremulous gleam or shining; a glimmer.

show

v. (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
v. (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
v. (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
v. (transitive) To guide or escort.
v. (intransitive) To be visible, to be seen.
v. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
v. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
v. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
v. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
n. (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
n. (countable) An exhibition of items.
n. (countable) A demonstration.
n. (countable) A broadcast program/programme.
n. (countable) A movie.
n. (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance.
n. A project or presentation.
n. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
n. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
n. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
n. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.

simulate

v. To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
adj. (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.

sound

adj. Healthy.
adj. Complete, solid, or secure.
adj. (mathematics, logic) Having the property of soundness.
adj. (Britain, slang) Good; acceptable; decent.
adj. (of sleep) Quiet and deep. Sound asleep means sleeping peacefully, often deeply.
adj. Heavy; laid on with force.
adj. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective.
adv. Soundly.
interj. (Britain, slang) Yes; used to show agreement or understanding, generally without much enthusiasm.
n. A sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium.
n. A vibration capable of causing such sensations.
n. (music) A distinctive style and sonority of a particular musician, orchestra etc.
n. Noise without meaning; empty noise.
v. (intransitive) To produce a sound.
v. (copulative) To convey an impression by one's sound.
v. (intransitive) To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound.
v. (intransitive, obsolete) To resound.
v. (intransitive, law, often with in) To arise or to be recognizable as arising in or from a particular area…
v. (transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
v. (transitive, phonetics, of a vowel or consonant) To pronounce.
n. (geography) A long narrow inlet, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting…
n. The air bladder of a fish.
n. A cuttlefish.
v. (intransitive) Dive downwards, used of a whale.
v. To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try;…
v. Test; ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.
v. (medicine) To examine with the instrument called a sound or sonde, or by auscultation or percussion.
n. (medicine) An instrument for probing or dilating; a sonde.
n. A long, thin probe for sounding body cavities or canals such as the urethra.

spiel

n. A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.
n. A fast excuse or sales pitch.
n. An early form of rap music.
v. To talk at length.
n. A game of curling.

sport

n. (countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that…
n. (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
n. (countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner, a good sport.
n. (obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
n. (obsolete) Mockery; derision.
n. (countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
n. (uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
n. (biology, botany, zoology, countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some…
n. (slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler.
n. (slang, countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
n. (obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
n. (informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question).
n. (obsolete) Play; idle jingle.
v. (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
v. (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
v. (transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.
v. (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
v. (transitive) To represent by any kind of play.
v. To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
v. To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species;…
v. (transitive) To close (a door).

swordplay

n. fighting with a sword.

take

v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
v. (transitive) To remove.
v. (transitive) To have sex with.
v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
v. (transitive) To consume.
v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
v. (transitive) To require.
v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
v. (transitive) To move into.
v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
v. (transitive) To deal with.
v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
n. The or an act of taking.
n. Something that is taken; a haul.
n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

toy

n. Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child.
n. A thing of little importance or value; a trifle.
n. A simple, light piece of music, written especially for the virginal.
n. (obsolete) Love play, amorous dalliance; fondling.
n. (obsolete) A vague fancy, a ridiculous idea or notion; a whim.
n. (slang, derogatory) An inferior graffiti artist.
n. (obsolete) An old story; a silly tale.
n. (Scotland, archaic) A headdress of linen or wool that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women…
v. (intransitive) To play (with).
v. (intransitive) To ponder or consider.
v. (slang, transitive) To stimulate with a sex toy.

travel

v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
v. (transitive) To force to journey.
v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
n. The act of traveling.
n. pl A series of journeys.
n. pl An account of one's travels.
n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.

trifle

n. An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
n. An insignificant amount.
n. Anything that is of little importance or worth.
n. A particular kind of pewter.
n. (uncountable) Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
v. (intransitive) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
v. (intransitive) To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
v. (intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.
v. (transitive) To squander or waste.

try

v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
v. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
v. To test, to work out.
v. To experiment, to strive.
v. (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
v. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
v. (slang, chiefly African American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want.
n. An attempt.
n. An act of tasting or sampling.
n. (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
n. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
n. (American football) a field goal or extra point.
adj. (obsolete) Fine, excellent.

tucker

v. To tire out or exhaust a person or animal.
n. (countable) One who or that which tucks.
n. (uncountable, colloquial, Australia, New Zealand) Food.
n. (countable) Lace or a piece of cloth in the neckline of a dress.
n. (obsolete) A fuller; one who fulls cloth.

turn

v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
v. (archaic) To translate.
n. A change of direction or orientation.
n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
n. A single loop of a coil.
n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
n. A deed done to another.
n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
n. Character; personality; nature.
n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

usage

n. The manner or the amount of using; use.
n. Habit or accepted practice.
n. (lexicography) The ways and contexts in which spoken and written words are used, determined by a lexicographer's…
n. (obsolete) The treatment of someone or something.

use

n. The act of using.
n. (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward…
v. To accustom; to habituate.
v. (reflexive, obsolete) To become accustomed (to), to accustom oneself (to).
v. (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
v. (transitive, often with up) To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing.
v. (transitive) To exploit.
v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
v. (transitive, with auxiliary could) To need; to benefit from.
v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.

utilisation

n. The act of using something.
n. The manner in which something is used.
n. The state of being used.

utilise

v. To make useful, to find a practical use for.
v. To make use of; to use.
v. To make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability.
v. To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended.

utilization

n. (Canada, US, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilisation.

utilize

v. (US, Canada, Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of utilise.

vice

n. A bad habit.
n. (law) Any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling,…
n. A defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health,…
n. A mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise).
n. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.
n. (obsolete) A grip or grasp.
v. To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.
adj. in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank.
prep. instead of, in place of.

vie

v. (intransitive) To rival; to struggle for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
v. (transitive, archaic) To rival (something), etc.
v. (transitive) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
v. To stake; to wager.
v. To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.

wager

n. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake;…
n. (law) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall…
n. That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
v. (transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
v. (intransitive, figuratively) To suppose; to dare say.
n. Agent noun of wage; one who wages.

wit

n. (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
n. (obsolete usually in the plural) The senses.
n. Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
n. The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
n. Intelligence; common sense.
n. Humour, especially when clever or quick.
n. A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
v. (transitive, intransitive, chiefly archaic) Know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively).
prep. (Southern US) Alternative spelling of with.

witticism

n. a witty remark.

wittiness

n. the quality of being witty.

work

n. (heading, uncountable) Employment.
n. (heading, uncountable) Effort.
n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
n. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
n. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
v. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
v. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
v. (transitive) To set into action.
v. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
v. (intransitive) To ferment.
v. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
v. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
v. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
v. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
v. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
v. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
v. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
v. (transitive) To cause to work.
v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;.
v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.

wreak

v. (transitive) To cause, inflict or let out, especially if causing harm or injury.
v. (archaic) To inflict or take vengeance on.
v. (archaic) To take vengeance for.
v. (intransitive) Misspelling of reek.
n. (archaic, literary) Revenge; vengeance; furious passion; resentment.
n. (archaic, literary) Punishment; retribution; payback.

Synonyms of the word

play

act

action

activeness

activity

alteration

amount

apply

assume

attempt

beat

behave

bet

bid

bring

caper

change

compete

consider

contend

create

dally

deal

deploy

diddle

discharge

displace

diversion

do

drama

effort

employ

employment

encounter

endeavor

endeavour

exercise

exhaust

exploit

feign

fiddle

flirt

freedom

frolic

fun

gamble

gambling

gambol

gaming

go

hit

humor

humour

locomote

looseness

make

maneuver

manipulate

manoeuvre

measure

meet

modification

motion

movability

movableness

move

movement

perform

play

playact

quantity

re-create

recreate

recreation

represent

roleplay

romp

run

sham