All English words - page 2781

Meanings of Play-the-market:

noun

An open area, building, or event at which people gather to buy and sell goods or food

Usage examples:

Are you sure there’s a market for something like this?, the teenage/adult market, domestic/foreign …

Meanings of Play-to-the-gallery:

idiom

To behave in a way intended to make people admire or support you

Usage examples:

Politicians these days are more interested in playing to the gallery than exercising real influence…

Meanings of Play-truant:

phrase

To be regularly absent from school without permission

Usage examples:

Play truant from school most parents are horrified when they discover their children have been play…

Meanings of Play-up-to:

phrasal verb

Exploit, trade on, or make the most of something.

Usage examples:

The actors clearly have fun playing up to their stereotypes

Meanings of Playa:

noun

An area of flat, dried-up land, especially a desert basin from which water evaporates quickly.

Usage examples:

This landscape of jagged mountains, desert playas, and massive canyons has yielded woolly-mammoth s…

Meanings of Playability:

noun

In a video game, the quality of being easy and enjoyable to play, or the degree to which a video game is like this

Usage examples:

Although the 3d design looks pretty, it doesn't add much to the playability of the game., what i-ni…

Meanings of Playable:

adjective

Able to be used or played.

Usage examples:

The game will be playable over the internet

Meanings of Playact:

verb

Engage in pretence in order to trick someone or gain an advantage.

Usage examples:

I am a professional and i would never play-act to get someone sent off

Meanings of Playacted:

verb

Engage in pretence in order to trick someone or gain an advantage.

Usage examples:

I am a professional and i would never play-act to get someone sent off

Meanings of Playacts:

verb

Engage in pretence in order to trick someone or gain an advantage.

Usage examples:

I am a professional and i would never play-act to get someone sent off

Meanings of Playas:

noun

An area of flat, dried-up land, especially a desert basin from which water evaporates quickly.

Usage examples:

This landscape of jagged mountains, desert playas, and massive canyons has yielded woolly-mammoth s…

Meanings of Playback:

noun

The reproduction of previously recorded sounds or moving images.

Usage examples:

The instant playback facility

Meanings of Playbacks:

noun

The reproduction of previously recorded sounds or moving images.

Usage examples:

The instant playback facility

Meanings of Playbills:

noun

A poster announcing a theatrical performance.

Usage examples:

Her name occupied third place in the playbills

Meanings of Playbooks:

noun

A book containing a sports team's strategies and plays, especially in american football.

Usage examples:

Her most critical lessons learned were about strategy and studying players as well as the team play…

Meanings of Playbroker:

noun

An agent who serves as an intermediary between playwrights and managers or actors.

Meanings of Playdown:

noun

A game or match forming part of a play-off.

Usage examples:

Local baseball players dale and zane anderson have completed baseball alberta's round robin playdow…

Meanings of Played:

verb

Engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose.

Usage examples:

The children were playing by a pool

noun

Activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children.

Usage examples:

A child at play may use a stick as an aeroplane

Meanings of Played-down:

phrasal verb

To make something seem less important than or not as bad as it really is

Usage examples:

The doctor tried to play down the seriousness of my father’s illness, but we weren’t fooled.

Meanings of Players:

noun

A person taking part in a sport or game.

Usage examples:

A tennis player

Meanings of Playfellow:

noun

A playmate.

Usage examples:

They had been his boyhood playfellows

Meanings of Playfellows:

noun

A playmate.

Usage examples:

They had been his boyhood playfellows

Meanings of Playfield:

noun

A playing field, a playground.

Meanings of Playful:

adjective

Fond of games and amusement; light-hearted.

Usage examples:

A playful tomboy who loves to dress up

Meanings of Playgirl:

noun

A girl or woman who devotes her life to the pursuit of pleasure.