of children
1 ~ (with sb/sth) to do things for pleasure, as children do; to enjoy yourself, rather than work:
[V] A group of kids were playing with a ball in the street. * You'll have to play inside today. * I haven't got anybody to play with! * There's a time to work and a time to play. * [VN] Let's play a different game.
2 [nopassive] ~ (at doing) sth to pretend to be or do sth for amusement:
[VN] Let's play pirates. * [V] They were playing at being cowboys.
trick
3 [VN] ~ a trick / tricks (on sb) to trick sb for amusement
sports / games
4 ~ (sth) (with / against sb)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for play is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is play a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, play is tagged as verb.
Does play appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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