Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (archaic, now usually in compounds) Activity relating to martial combat or fighting.
Verbi
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive, intransitive) To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures or theatrical performance.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced or shown.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- (transitive, intransitive) To move briskly, sweepingly, back and forth, in a directed manner, etc.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- To gamble.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
Esimerkit
- They played long and hard.
- 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.
- We had to play for an hour, so that meant that we didn't have time to play and joke around.
- He plays on three teams. ;
- Who's playing now?
- play football
- play sports;
- play games
- 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.
- Her proper face / I not descerned in that darkesome shade, / But weend it was my loue, with whom he playd.
- He plays the King, and she's the Queen.
- No part of the brain plays the role of permanent memory.
- 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.
- If your guitar plays well on fretted strings but annoys you on the open ones, the nut's probably worn out.
- I've practiced the piano off and on, and I still can't play very well.
- I'll play the piano and you sing.
- Can you play an instrument?
- We especially like to play jazz together.
- Play a song for me.
- Do you know how to play Für Elise?
- My son thinks he can play music.
- You can play the DVD now.
- His latest film is playing in the local theatre tomorrow.
- 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?"
- to play a comedy
- Thou canst play the rational if thou wilt.
- Playing hard to get is not the same as slamming the door in someone's face.
- Now, 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.
- Instead, they played dumb, remained silent, and did their classwork.
- Men are apt to play with their healths.
- His mother played false with a smith.
- to play tricks
- Nature here / Wantoned as in her prime, and played at will / Her virgin fancies.
- 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.
- The fountain plays.
- The heart beats, the blood circulates, the lungs play.
- The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.
- even as the waving sedges play with wind
- The setting sun / Plays on their shining arms and burnished helmets.
- All fame is foreign but of true desert, / Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart.
- to play cannon upon a fortification;
- to play a trump in a card game
- She was fond of all boys' plays, and greatly preferred cricket [...] to dolls [...]
- We saw a two-act play in the theatre.
- No wonder the fanbelt is slipping: there’s too much play in it.
- Too much play in a steering wheel may be dangerous.
- The rarity of male domination in fantasy play is readily explained.
- Palm Springs M seeks sane F 4 safe bdsm play
- 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.
- 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.
- Not all play is learning and not all learning is play.
- The elementary school places an emphasis on learning, but also on play activities.
- He asked that the spotlight be played on the scene.
- She plays the violin.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | played | Partisiipin perfekti | plaid (vanhahtava) |
| Imperfekti | played | Imperfekti | plaid (vanhahtava) |
| Partisiipin preesens | playing | Monikko | plays |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | plays | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | playeth (vanhahtava) |