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S: (v) run down (run_down%2:40:00::), exhaust (exhaust%2:40:00::), play out (play_out%2:40:00::), sap (sap%2:40:00::), tire (tire%2:40:00::) (deplete) "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
S: (v) play out (play_out%2:36:00::) (perform or be performed to the end) "How will the election drama be played out?"

verb group
direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (v) perform (perform%2:36:01::) (give a performance (of something)) "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

S: (v) re-create (re-create%2:36:00::) (create anew) "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale"

direct troponym / full troponym

S: (v) regenerate (regenerate%2:30:02::) (replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue) "The snake regenerated its tail"
S: (v) regenerate (regenerate%2:36:00::), renew (renew%2:36:00::) (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new) "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

S: (v) replace (replace%2:30:00::) (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)) "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"

S: (v) change (change%2:30:04::), exchange (exchange%2:30:00::), commute (commute%2:30:02::), convert (convert%2:30:02::) (exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category) "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"

S: (v) rectify (rectify%2:30:06::) (convert into direct current) "rectify alternating current"
S: (v) utilize (utilize%2:30:12::) (convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust))
S: (v) capitalize (capitalize%2:30:00::), capitalise (capitalise%2:30:00::) (convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital)

S: (v) overcapitalize (overcapitalize%2:30:00::), overcapitalise (overcapitalise%2:30:00::) (capitalize beyond what the business or the profit-making prospects warrant)

S: (v) launder (launder%2:30:00::) (convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones)
S: (v) break (break%2:35:11::) (exchange for smaller units of money) "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"

S: (v) change (change%2:30:06::) (remove or replace the coverings of) "Father had to learn how to change the baby"; "After each guest we changed the bed linens"
S: (v) novate (novate%2:30:00::) (replace with something new, especially an old obligation by a new one)

S: (v) refurbish (refurbish%2:30:00::), renovate (renovate%2:30:01::), freshen up (freshen_up%2:30:00::) (make brighter and prettier) "we refurbished the guest wing"; "My wife wants us to renovate"

S: (v) gentrify (gentrify%2:30:00::) (renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations) "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old center of town"

S: (v) revamp (revamp%2:30:00::) (to patch up or renovate; repair or restore) "They revamped their old house before selling it"
S: (v) retread (retread%2:30:00::), remold (remold%2:30:00::), remould (remould%2:30:00::) (give new treads to (a tire))
S: (v) renovate (renovate%2:30:00::), restitute (restitute%2:30:00::) (restore to a previous or better condition) "They renovated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel"
S: (v) refresh (refresh%2:30:00::), freshen (freshen%2:30:00::) (make (to feel) fresh) "The cool water refreshed us"

S: (v) vent (vent%2:30:00::), ventilate (ventilate%2:30:00::), air out (air_out%2:30:00::), air (air%2:30:00::) (expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen) "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms"

S: (v) revitalize (revitalize%2:30:00::), revitalise (revitalise%2:30:00::) (give new life or vigor to)
S: (v) regenerate (regenerate%2:30:01::), restore (restore%2:30:00::), rejuvenate (rejuvenate%2:30:04::) (return to life; get or give new life or energy) "The week at the spa restored me"

S: (v) reincarnate (reincarnate%2:30:00::), renew (renew%2:30:00::) (cause to appear in a new form) "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market"
S: (v) revive (revive%2:30:01::), resurrect (resurrect%2:30:00::) (restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state) "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"

S: (v) republish (republish%2:30:00::) (revive (a cancelled will or a libel))

S: (v) overhaul (overhaul%2:30:00::), modernize (modernize%2:30:00::), modernise (modernise%2:30:00::) (make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to) "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"

S: (v) retrofit (retrofit%2:30:00::) (substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones) "The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes"

S: (v) restore (restore%2:41:01::), reconstruct (reconstruct%2:41:04::) (return to its original or usable and functioning condition) "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"

S: (v) decompress (decompress%2:35:00::), uncompress (uncompress%2:35:00::) (restore to its uncompressed form) "decompress data"
S: (v) rehabilitate (rehabilitate%2:41:00::) (help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute) "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated"; "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated"
S: (v) rehabilitate (rehabilitate%2:41:03::) (restore to a state of good condition or operation)
S: (v) defibrillate (defibrillate%2:41:00::) (stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks) "The patient's heart had to be defibrillated to save his life"
S: (v) reinstate (reinstate%2:41:00::) (restore to the previous state or rank)

S: (v) rehabilitate (rehabilitate%2:41:01::) (reinstall politically) "Deng Xiao Ping was rehabilitated several times throughout his lifetime"

S: (v) fictionalize (fictionalize%2:36:00::), fictionalise (fictionalise%2:36:00::), retell (retell%2:36:07::) (make into fiction) "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel"
S: (v) forge (forge%2:36:01::), fake (fake%2:36:00::), counterfeit (counterfeit%2:36:00::) (make a copy of with the intent to deceive) "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
S: (v) represent (represent%2:36:01::), interpret (interpret%2:36:01::) (create an image or likeness of) "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"

S: (v) sensualize (sensualize%2:36:00::), carnalize (carnalize%2:36:00::) (represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture)
S: (v) silhouette (silhouette%2:36:00::) (represent by a silhouette)
S: (v) animalize (animalize%2:36:00::), animalise (animalise%2:36:00::) (represent in the form of an animal)
S: (v) profile (profile%2:36:00::) (represent in profile, by drawing or painting)
S: (v) paint (paint%2:36:00::) (make a painting of) "He painted his mistress many times"

S: (v) repaint (repaint%2:36:00::) (paint again) "He repainted the same scenery many times during his life"

S: (v) capture (capture%2:36:00::) (succeed in representing or expressing something intangible) "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"

S: (v) recapture (recapture%2:36:00::) (take up anew) "The author recaptures an old idea here"

S: (v) picture (picture%2:36:00::), depict (depict%2:36:00::), render (render%2:36:04::), show (show%2:36:00::) (show in, or as in, a picture) "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"

S: (v) illustrate (illustrate%2:36:00::) (depict with an illustration)
S: (v) map (map%2:36:01::) (depict as if on a map) "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face"

S: (v) stylize (stylize%2:36:00::), stylise (stylise%2:36:00::), conventionalize (conventionalize%2:36:00::) (represent according to a conventional style) "a stylized female head"
S: (v) map (map%2:36:00::) (make a map of; show or establish the features of details of) "map the surface of Venus"

S: (v) chart (chart%2:31:13::) (make a chart of) "chart the territory"
S: (v) plat (plat%2:31:00::), plot (plot%2:31:01::) (make a plat of) "Plat the town"

S: (v) portray (portray%2:36:00::), depict (depict%2:36:01::), limn (limn%2:36:00::) (make a portrait of) "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
S: (v) portray (portray%2:36:02::), present (present%2:36:08::) (represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture) "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

S: (v) commend (commend%2:36:00::) (present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence) "His paintings commend him to the artistic world"

S: (v) draw (draw%2:36:00::) (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface) "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"

S: (v) pencil (pencil%2:36:00::) (write, draw, or trace with a pencil) "he penciled a figure"
S: (v) delineate (delineate%2:36:00::), limn (limn%2:36:01::), outline (outline%2:36:01::) (trace the shape of)

S: (v) lipstick (lipstick%2:36:00::) (form by tracing with lipstick) "The clown had lipsticked circles on his cheeks"
S: (v) contour (contour%2:36:00::) (form the contours of)

S: (v) streamline (streamline%2:36:00::) (contour economically or efficiently)

S: (v) rule (rule%2:36:00::) (mark or draw with a ruler) "rule the margins"
S: (v) chalk (chalk%2:36:00::) (write, draw, or trace with chalk)
S: (v) project (project%2:36:08::) (draw a projection of)
S: (v) crayon (crayon%2:36:00::) (write, draw, or trace with a crayon)
S: (v) check (check%2:36:00::), checker (checker%2:36:00::), chequer (chequer%2:36:00::) (mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on)
S: (v) charcoal (charcoal%2:36:00::) (draw, trace, or represent with charcoal)
S: (v) doodle (doodle%2:36:00::) (make a doodle; draw aimlessly)
S: (v) diagram (diagram%2:36:00::), plot (plot%2:36:00::) (make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed)

S: (v) graph (graph%2:36:01::) (plot upon a graph)

S: (v) cartoon (cartoon%2:36:00::) (draw cartoons of)
S: (v) shade (shade%2:36:00::), fill in (fill_in%2:36:00::) (represent the effect of shade or shadow on)

S: (v) crosshatch (crosshatch%2:36:00::) (shade with multiple crossing lines) "the draftsman crosshatched the area"

S: (v) sketch (sketch%2:36:00::), chalk out (chalk_out%2:36:00::) (make a sketch of) "sketch the building"

S: (v) model (model%2:36:01::), mock up (mock_up%2:36:00::) (construct a model of) "model an airplane"
S: (v) graph (graph%2:36:00::), chart (chart%2:36:04::) (represent by means of a graph) "chart the data"

S: (v) recite (recite%2:36:00::), retell (retell%2:36:00::) (render verbally) "recite a poem"; "retell a story"
S: (v) stage (stage%2:36:00::), present (present%2:36:00::), represent (represent%2:36:11::) (perform (a play), especially on a stage) "we are going to stage `Othello'"

S: (v) set (set%2:36:01::), localize (localize%2:36:00::), localise (localise%2:36:00::), place (place%2:36:00::) (locate) "The film is set in Africa"

S: (v) perform (perform%2:36:01::) (give a performance (of something)) "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

S: (v) barnstorm (barnstorm%2:33:00::) (tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays) "The presidential candidates are busy barnstorming this month"
S: (v) barnstorm (barnstorm%2:33:01::) (appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper)
S: (v) interlude (interlude%2:36:00::) (perform an interlude) "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"
S: (v) grandstand (grandstand%2:36:00::) (perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause) "She never misses a chance to grandstand"
S: (v) solo (solo%2:36:00::) (perform a piece written for a single instrument)
S: (v) play out (play_out%2:36:00::) (perform or be performed to the end) "How will the election drama be played out?"
S: (v) underperform (underperform%2:36:00::) (perform too rarely) "Her plays are underperformed, although they are very good"
S: (v) sightread (sightread%2:36:00::), sight-read (sight-read%2:36:00::) (perform music from a score without having seen the score before) "He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread"

S: (v) sightsing (sightsing%2:36:00::), sight-sing (sight-sing%2:36:00::) (sing from a score without having seen it before) "This tenor can sightsing even the most difficult pieces"

S: (v) rap (rap%2:36:10::) (perform rap music)
S: (v) give (give%2:36:12::) (perform for an audience) "Pollini is giving another concert in New York"
S: (v) concertize (concertize%2:36:00::), concertise (concertise%2:36:00::) (give concerts; perform in concerts) "My niece is off concertizing in Europe"
S: (v) play (play%2:36:03::) (perform on a certain location) "The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16"; "She has been playing on Broadway for years"
S: (v) debut (debut%2:36:01::) (make one's debut) "This young soprano debuts next month at the Metropolitan Opera"
S: (v) audition (audition%2:36:00::), try out (try_out%2:36:00::) (perform in order to get a role) "She auditioned for a role on Broadway"

S: (v) read (read%2:36:05::) (audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role) "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"

S: (v) act (act%2:36:03::), play (play%2:36:10::), roleplay (roleplay%2:36:00::), playact (playact%2:36:00::) (perform on a stage or theater) "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"

S: (v) stooge (stooge%2:36:00::) (act as the stooge) "His role was to stooge for the popular comedian"
S: (v) mime (mime%2:36:00::), pantomime (pantomime%2:36:00::) (act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only) "The acting students mimed eating an apple"
S: (v) overact (overact%2:36:00::), ham it up (ham_it_up%2:36:00::), ham (ham%2:36:00::), overplay (overplay%2:36:00::) (exaggerate one's acting)
S: (v) underact (underact%2:36:00::), underplay (underplay%2:36:00::) (act (a role) with great restraint)

S: (v) play (play%2:36:12::) (play on an instrument) "The band played all night long"

S: (v) sound off (sound_off%2:36:00::), strike up (strike_up%2:36:01::) (start playing) "The musicians struck up a tune"
S: (v) swing (swing%2:36:03::) (play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm)
S: (v) symphonize (symphonize%2:36:00::), symphonise (symphonise%2:36:00::) (play or sound together, in harmony)
S: (v) play along (play_along%2:36:00::), accompany (accompany%2:36:00::), follow (follow%2:36:01::) (perform an accompaniment to) "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"
S: (v) bow (bow%2:36:00::) (play on a stringed instrument with a bow)
S: (v) busk (busk%2:36:00::) (play music in a public place and solicit money for it) "three young men were busking in the plaza"

S: (v) conduct (conduct%2:36:04::) (lead musicians in the performance of) "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces"

S: (v) act (act%2:36:00::), play (play%2:36:02::), represent (represent%2:36:02::) (play a role or part) "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"

S: (v) make (make%2:32:09::), pretend (pretend%2:32:01::), make believe (make_believe%2:32:01::) (represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like) "She makes like an actress"

S: (v) go through the motions (go_through_the_motions%2:32:00::) (pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it) "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions"

S: (v) support (support%2:36:00::) (play a subordinate role to (another performer)) "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"
S: (v) enact (enact%2:36:00::), reenact (reenact%2:36:00::), act out (act_out%2:36:00::) (act out; represent or perform as if in a play) "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"
S: (v) act out (act_out%2:36:01::) (represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage) "She could act neurotic anxiety"
S: (v) impersonate (impersonate%2:36:00::), portray (portray%2:36:01::) (assume or act the character of) "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"
S: (v) parody (parody%2:36:00::) (make a spoof of or make fun of)
S: (v) emote (emote%2:37:00::) (give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role)

S: (v) reenact (reenact%2:36:01::) (enact or perform again) "They reenacted the battle of Princeton"
S: (v) model (model%2:36:04::), simulate (simulate%2:36:02::) (create a representation or model of) "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights"
S: (v) play (play%2:36:00::), spiel (spiel%2:36:00::) (replay (as a melody)) "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

S: (v) riff (riff%2:36:00::) (play riffs)
S: (v) misplay (misplay%2:36:00::) (play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note)
S: (v) fiddle (fiddle%2:36:02::) (play on a violin) "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
S: (v) replay (replay%2:36:00::) (play (a melody) again)
S: (v) prelude (prelude%2:36:00::) (play as a prelude)
S: (v) jazz (jazz%2:36:00::) (play something in the style of jazz)
S: (v) rag (rag%2:36:00::) (play in ragtime) "rag that old tune"
S: (v) bugle (bugle%2:36:00::) (play on a bugle)
S: (v) reprise (reprise%2:36:00::), reprize (reprize%2:36:00::), repeat (repeat%2:36:01::), recapitulate (recapitulate%2:36:00::) (repeat an earlier theme of a composition)
S: (v) slur (slur%2:36:00::) (play smoothly or legato) "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
S: (v) bang out (bang_out%2:36:00::) (play loudly) "They banged out `The star-spangled banner'"
S: (v) modulate (modulate%2:36:00::) (change the key of, in music) "modulate the melody"
S: (v) tongue (tongue%2:36:00::) (articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments)

S: (v) double tongue (double_tongue%2:36:00::), triple-tongue (triple-tongue%2:36:00::) (play fast notes on a wind instrument)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (v) make (make%2:36:00::), create (create%2:36:00::) (make or cause to be or to become) "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

derivationally related form
sentence frame

sentence frame

S: (v) play out (play_out%2:33:00::) (play to a finish) "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"
S: (v) play out (play_out%2:30:00::) (become spent or exhausted) "The champion's strength played out fast"