PLAY


Meaning of PLAY in English

I

n.

stage presentation

1) to present, produce, put on, stage; revive; write a ~

2) to perform; rehearse a ~

3) to review a ~

4) to criticize, pan ( colloq. ) a ~

5) a miracle; morality; mystery; nativity; one-act; passion ~

6) a ~ closes; opens; runs (the ~ ran for two years on Broadway)

7) ( misc. ) the ~ got rave reviews

action, activity

8) to bring into ~ (to bring various factors into ~)

9) to come into ~

competition, ~ing

10) fair; foul; rough; team ~

11) in; into; out of ~ (to put the ball into ~)

attempt to attract

( colloq. ) ( esp. AE )

12) to make a ~ for (he made a ~ for her)

misc.

13) a ~ on words ('a pun')

II

v.

1) ('to compete') to ~ fair; foul; rough

2) ( C ) ('to perform') ~ a nice song for me; or: ~ me a nice song

3) ( d ; intr. ) ('to compete') to ~ against (to ~ against a strong opponent)

4) ( d ; intr. ) ('to gamble') to ~ for (to ~ for money)

5) ( d ; intr. ) ('to perform') to ~ for (she ~s for our team)

6) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ for ('to attempt to obtain') (to ~ for time)

7) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ on, upon ('to exploit') (to ~ on smb.'s fears)

8) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ on ('to pun') (to ~ on words)

9) ( D ; tr. ) ('to do, make') to ~ on (they ~ed a joke on us; she ~ed a trick on me)

10) ( d ; intr. ) ('to perform') to ~ to (to ~ to a full house)

11) ( esp. tennis) ( d ; intr. ) ('to direct one's strokes') to ~ to (to ~ to an opponent's forehand)

12) ( D ; intr. ) ('to amuse oneself') to ~ with (to ~ with matches)

13) ( L ) ( esp. in children's language) ('to pretend') let's ~ that I'm the teacher and you're the pupil

14) ( O ; can be used with one object) ('to oppose in') I'll ~ you a game of cards

15) (s) ('to feign') they ~ed dead

16) ( misc. ) to ~ smb. for a fool ('to ridicule smb.')

The Bbi combinatory dictionary of English, a guide to word combinations.      Комбинаторный словарь английского языка Bbi. Руководство по словосочетаниям.