played >> /pleɪ/
Definition: [verb] Engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose.
Example: the children were playing by a pool
Definition: [verb] Take part in (a sport)
Example: I play squash and badminton
Definition: [verb] Be cooperative.
Example: he needs financial backing, but the building societies won't play
Definition: [verb] Represent (a character) in a theatrical performance or a film.
Example: early in her career she played Ophelia
Definition: [verb] Perform on (a musical instrument)
Example: a man was playing a guitar
Definition: [verb] Move lightly and quickly, so as to appear and disappear; flicker.
Example: little beams of light played over the sea
Definition: [verb] Allow (a fish) to exhaust itself pulling against a line before reeling it in.
Example: no fisherman ever played a bonita more carefully or with greater wile
Definition: [noun] Activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children.
Example: a child at play may use a stick as an aeroplane
Definition: [noun] The conducting of a sporting match.
Example: rain wrecked the second day's play
Definition: [noun] A dramatic work for the stage or to be broadcast.
Example: the actors put on a new play
Definition: [noun] The space in or through which a mechanism can or does move.
Example: the steering rack was loose, and there was a little play
Definition: [noun] Light and constantly changing movement.
Example: the artist exploits the play of light across the surface