Verb

• 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?"
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• 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) 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) 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) 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) play (play%2:36:12::) (play on an instrument) "The band played all night long"
• 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"
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• 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"
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• domain category
• S: (n) game (game%1:04:00::) (a contest with rules to determine a winner) "you need four people to play this game"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) play (play%2:33:00::) (participate in games or sport) "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"
• S: (v) compete (compete%2:33:00::), vie (vie%2:33:00::), contend (contend%2:33:00::) (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)
• sentence frame
• S: (v) play out (play_out%2:30:00::) (become spent or exhausted) "The champion's strength played out fast"