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.')