Play

n.
  1. Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.
  2. Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game.
  3. The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune in play.
  4. Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair play; sword play; a play of wit.
  5. A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in which characters are represented by dialogue and action.
  6. The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy; as, he attends ever play.
  7. Performance on an instrument of music.
  8. Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action.
  9. Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display; scope; as, to give full play to mirth.
    10. Play actor ,
    an actor of dramas.
    Play debt ,
    a gambling debt.
    Play pleasure ,
    idle amusement.
    A play upon words ,
    the use of a word in such a way as to be capable of double meaning; punning.
    Play of colors ,
    prismatic variation of colors.
    To bring into play, To come into play ,
    to bring or come into use or exercise.
    To hold in play ,
    to keep occupied or employed.