play
suomi-englanti sanakirjaplay englannista suomeksi
toimia
leikittely, karkelointi
näytelmä
leikinlasku, pila
pelata, veikata
löysä, holkkuvuus
veto, temppu, siirto
soittaa
pelata vastaan
lyödä vetoa
leikkiä
leikitellä
vahvistaa, upota
liikkumavara, toimintavapaus
liikkua vapaasti
esiintyä jssk, esiintyä
pelitapa
olla osana, pelata jnk pussiin
vuoro
ottelu
soida
ruiskuttaa
häälyä
siirtää
peluuttaa
väsyttää
lyödä
lento
erä
tuottaa
leikki
peli
uhkapeli
esittää
huvitella
Verbi
leikkiä usually of children, telmiä of physical activity, pitää hauskaa
Substantiivi
play englanniksi
To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
(ux)
(quote-book)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.
2003, Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont et al. (eds.), ''Joining Society: Social Interaction and Learning in Adolescence and Youth'', Cambridge Univ. Press, p.52:
To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
(RQ:Temple Miscellanea)
To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
(hyper)
(hypo)
(n-g)
(quote-journal)
(RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice)
(quote-song)|album=(w)|year=1977|artist=Stevie Nicks|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgagPdVM7bk|text=Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom / Well, who am I to keep you down? / It's only right that you should play the way you feel it / But listen carefully to the sound of your loneliness
(RQ:Scott Ivanhoe)
{{quote-text|en|year=1985|author=Sharon S. Brehm|title=Intimate Relationships
{{quote-text|en|year=1996|author=Michael P. Malone|title=James J Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest
{{quote-text|en|year=2003|author=John U. Ogbu|title=Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement|page=194
1984, (w), commercial for Vicks Formula 44:
- (quote)
''To produce sound (especially music), pictures{{, or theatrical performance.''
To produce music using a instrument.
(syn)
To produce music.
{{quote-book|en|year=2007|author=Dan Erlewine|title=Guitar Player Repair Guide|isbn=0879309210|page=220
To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
To (l) (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; to operate media.
To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
{{quote-book|en|year=2008|title=My Life: From Normandy to Hockeytown|page=30|isbn=0966412087
To act or perform (a play).
To move briskly, sweepingly, and forth, in a directed manner, etc.
(RQ:Pope Essay on Man)
To move so as to upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
(RQ:Addison Cato)
{{RQ:Ferguson Zollenstein|I
(quote-song)|passage=The Poet and the PainterCasting shadows on the waterAs the sun plays on the infantryReturning from the sea.
To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move and fro.
(RQ:Shakespeare Taming of the Shrew)
(quote-text)|title=Philosophical Principles of Religion
To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
(RQ:Milton Paradise Lost)
(RQ:Rinehart Hopwood 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.
To handle or with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
To gamble.
(quote-book)|title=Celestina|publisher=Broadview|year_published=2004|page=407
To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
(quote-song)
To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
(quote-book)
To take part in amorous activity; to love; ''see also around''.
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)
(quote-song)|title=Cheree|artist=(w)|passage=Cheree, Cheree / Je t'adore, baby / I love you / Oh, come play with me
(n-g)
Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
(RQ:Austen Northanger Abbey) to dolls (..)
1964, Sullivan|Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), ''We Both Laughed In Pleasure''
- You know, when I was around 7-11 years old, my favorite play would be "boys." One of us, Bridget, Maryellen, or I, would say "Let's play boys." We all had boy names, set up the pretend surroundings, and acted like boys.
Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
The conduct, or course, of a game.
The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (''see also'' play, of play).
An individual's performance in a sport or game.
A short sequence of action within a game.
An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
{{quote-text|en|year=2009|author=Joe Edley; John Williams|title=Everything Scrabble: Third Edition|page=85
(senseid) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
A theatrical performance featuring actors.
An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
Freedom to move.
''give play to your imagination''
The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
1996, "toptigger", (on Internet newsgroup ''alt.personals.spanking.punishment'')
- Palm Springs M seeks sane F 4 safe bdsm play
An instance of watching or listening to media.
{{quote-journal|en|journal=Time|author=Victor Luckerson|date=Dec 3 2014|title=These Were Spotify's Most-Streamed Songs This Year
An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
(collocation)
(senseid) An instance of wordplay.
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play (gloss)
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(l) (theatrical performance; start key)
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