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noun
- a first perfunctory rehearsal of a theatrical production in which actors read their lines from the script and move as directed
- a thorough explanation (usually accompanied by a demonstration) of each step in a procedure or process
- the act of walking in order to view something
- a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building
- Alternative form of walkthrough.
adj
noun
adv
- not taken into account or excluded from consideration
- in reserve; not for immediate use
- out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
- placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
- in a different direction
- on or to one side
- To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
- Excluded from consideration.
adj
noun
- a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
- the property of a continuous and connected period of time
- uninterrupted connection or union
- Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
- (countable, narratology) A canon; one specific fictional universe within a multiverse.
- (uncountable, radio, television) The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.
- (uncountable, narratology) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.
- (uncountable, film) Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
- (uncountable, mathematics) A characteristic property of a continuous function.
noun
- the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
- a discussion intended to produce an agreement
- a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
- a conversation between two persons
- (authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
- A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
- (computing) Nonstandard form of dialog (“dialog box”).
- (philosophy) A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
verb
noun
- (theater) A follow-up audition in casting.
- The return of a situation to a previous position or state; a reference to such a position or state.
- (business) A follow-up interview in employment recruiting.
- (comedy) A joke which references an earlier joke in the same routine.
- A form of audience participation in which the audience shout lines in response to the dialog of a film.
- A product recall because of a defect or safety concern.
- (programming) A function pointer passed as an argument to another function.
- (telephony) A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network.
- a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
noun
- an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- evidence that helps to solve a problem
- sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
- a stimulus that provides information about what to do
- The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
- A hint or intimation.
- An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
- The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
- (electronics, computing) A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
verb
- assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
- (by extension) To spark or provoke.
- To give someone a cue signal.
- To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
noun
- (theater) Ellipsis of scene-dock.
- A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
- (UK, nautical) The body of water next to and around a pier.
- (graphical user interface) A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications by their icons, and switching between running applications.
- Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
- The area of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
- A leather case used to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
- (US, nautical) A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading.
- An act or instance of docking; joining two things together.
- (electronics) A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
- (law) Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.
- A section of a hotel or restaurant.
- The fleshy root of an animal's tail; specifically after clipping or cutting.
- any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
- an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
- a short or shortened tail of certain animals
- a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
- landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
- the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
- a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
verb
- (intransitive, slang, vulgar) In male homosexual sex, to engage in docking, the inserting of the tip of one participant's penis into the foreskin of the other participant.
- (intransitive) To land at a harbour.
- (transitive) To cut off, bar, or destroy.
- (transitive, cooking) To pierce holes, as pricking dough with a fork, to prevent excessive rising in the oven.
- (transitive) To reduce (wages); to deduct from (someone).
- (astronautics) To move a spaceship into its dock/berth under its own power.
- (transitive) To clip or cut off a section of an animal's tail; to practise a caudectomy.
- To join two moving items.
- (transitive) To place (an electronic device) in its dock.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
- (transitive, informal) To reduce the wages of (a person).
- maneuver into a dock
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
- deduct from someone's wages
- come into dock
noun
- (theater) The stage.
- (graph theory) The multiset of graphs formed from a single graph by deleting a single vertex in all possible ways.
- (slang) A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- (aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- (card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
- (colloquial) The floor.
- (nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship or boat. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
- (computing) A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.
- (British, fishing) The bottom of a water body.
- (card games, by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
- Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation.
- (journalism) A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.
- Ellipsis of tape deck.
- a porch that resembles the deck on a ship
- street name for a packet of illegal drugs
- any of various platforms built into a vessel
- a pack of 52 playing cards
verb
- (uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
- (transitive) To cover; to overspread.
- (informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
- (collectible card games) To cause a player to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
- knock down with force
- decorate
- be beautiful to look at
noun
- words making up the dialogue of a play
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- the exchange of spoken words
- a lengthy rebuke
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- something spoken
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
- (countable) A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
- (uncountable) Language used orally, rather than in writing.
- (grammar) An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
- (uncountable) Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
- (uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
- (uncountable) The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
- (countable) A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
verb
noun
- (theater) Clipping of repertory.
- (weightlifting, countable) Clipping of repetition.
- (informal) Clipping of representation.
- (textiles) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.
- (informal) Clipping of representative.
- (fashion, slang) Clipping of replica.
- (informal) Clipping of reputation.
- (military, in combination) Clipping of report.
- informal abbreviation of ‘representative’
- a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs
verb
noun
adj
- Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.
- Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
- Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.
- Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.
- characterized by or capable of producing music
- characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music
- containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
- talented in or devoted to music
noun
- (acting) A musical performance involving singing.
- (phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.
- (music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.
- (Catholicism) A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.
- a short musical composition with words
- music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment
adj
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
- Synonym of expressive.
- (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.
- Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.
- (phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.
- (music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
- Full of voices.
- Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
- Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.
- (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.
- relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
- given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
- full of the sound of voices
- having or using the power to produce speech or sound
noun
- a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
- perspective drawing of an architect's design
- a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
- giving in acknowledgment of obligation
- Sketch, illustration, or painting.
- (computer graphics) The process of producing an image from an internal model, or the image thus produced.
- Version; translation.
- The act or process by which something is rendered.
verb
noun
- a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- handing over prisoners to the country in which a crime was committed
- Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work.
- (law, chiefly US) Formal deliverance of a verdict.
- An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.
- (law, chiefly US) The handing-over of someone wanted for justice who has fled a given jurisdiction.
- A given visual reproduction of something.
verb
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- the literary genre of works intended for the theater
- an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional
- the quality of being arresting or highly emotional
- (uncountable, countable) A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play.
- (countable) Such a work for television, radio or the cinema, usually one that is not a comedy.
- (countable) A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
- (slang, uncountable) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.
- (uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
verb
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- use to one's advantage
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
noun
- (theater) A line that is performed on stage as if it were whispered, but is spoken loud enough for the audience to hear.
- (by extension) Any loud whisper intended to be heard.
- a loud whisper that can be overheard; on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast
verb
adv
noun
noun
- a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
- a short passage added at the end of a literary work
- The performer who gives this speech
- (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
- A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
- A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
verb
noun
- a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays
- a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign
- a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team)
- A book of games and amusements for children.
- (originally US, figurative) A book or (especially) any set of commonly employed tactics, strategies, and tips.
- A book containing the text of a play or plays.
- (US, American football) A book of strategies (plays) for use in American football (and by extension other sports or disciplines).
noun
- a performance of a play
- A theatrical performance.
- the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
- the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf
- a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
- a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
- a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract
- a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting
- a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency
- the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body
- an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent
- A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
- A statement; a presentation of opinion or position, or an utterance made to influence the opinions or actions of others
- (law) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
- (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
- (medicine) An act of representing, i.e. presenting again.
- (mathematics) An action of some algebraic structure (typically a group or algebra, particularly a Lie algebra) on a vector space, such that each element acts by a linear endomorphism.
- The act of representing.
- (by extension, uncountable) The appearance(s) of a particular demographic group in a piece of media, particularly in regards to how such appearances are treated.
- That which represents something else.
noun
- the production of a drama on the stage
- travel by stagecoach
- getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket
- a system of scaffolds
- (programming, uncountable) An environment for testing that exactly resembles a production environment.
- The business of running stagecoaches.
- (logistics) The process of loading and unloading commercial vehicles.
- A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
- The organization of something in order to prepare for or facilitate working with it.
- (theater) A performance of a play
- The classification of a case of a disease, usually a cancer, into its anatomic or prognostic stage, which is a category of severity.
- The act of journeying in stagecoaches.
- (by extension) The arrangement or layout of something in order to create an impression.
- The act or process of putting on an event.
- The scenery or organization of the movements of actors onstage.
verb
noun
- a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
- something of little value or significance
- any light downy material
- (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, euphemistic) A fart.
- (New England) Marshmallow creme.
- (informal, slang) A cloth diaper.
- Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
- (fandom slang) Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance.
- Anything inconsequential or superficial.
- (informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
- (UK, roleplaying games) A form of roleplaying which is inconsequential and not related to the plot; often used in the context of (but not limited to) filling time.
- (LGBTQ) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
verb
- erect or fluff up
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- (transitive) To make something fluffy.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.
- (informal, transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.
- (transitive, slang, by extension) To bring to a state of excitement.
- (intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.
- (intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.
- (informal, transitive) To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
- (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To break wind, to fart.
noun
- (theater) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
- (mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
- (bridge) The number of cards held in a particular suit.
- Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
- Duration.
- (cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
- (figuratively) Total extent.
- The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
- (wine) The amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies.
- (slang) A penis.
- a section of something that is long and narrow
- the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
- size of the gap between two places
- continuance in time
- the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end
noun
- the actors in a play
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- An act of throwing.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- A group of crabs.
verb
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- choose at random
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- to remove
- throw forcefully
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
adj
noun
- The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
- Hunting with a setter.
- Something set in, or inserted.
- A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
- The direction of a current of wind.
- The act of setting (various senses).
- A level or placement to which a knob or control is set.
- The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
- The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
- A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
- the context and environment in which something is set
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
- the physical position of something
- arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
- a table service for one person
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
adj
verb
noun
noun
- a theatrical performer
- a person who acts and gets things done
- A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
- (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
- (grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.
- Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
noun
- a theatrical performer
- a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
- someone who takes part in an activity
- a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
- someone who plays a music as a profession
- (electronics) An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
- (gaming, video games) A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
- (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
- A participant; one involved in something.
- One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
- (gambling) A gambler.
- (computing) A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
- One that plays.
- (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
- One who plays any game or sport.
- (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
- One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
- (historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
noun
- a theatrical performer
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- (psychiatry) One of the ten classifications of necrophilia based on the increasing severity of the disorder as defined by the American forensic psychologist Anil Aggrawal (Class I).
- Alternative form of roleplayer.
- (basketball) A player who is not one of the best players on the team, but still makes a meaningful contribution.
verb
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- cause to come to know personally
- represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
- formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.
- offer for others to consider
- give, especially as an honor or reward
- give as a present; make a gift of
- bring forward and present to the mind
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- hand over formally
- (transitive) To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
- (intransitive, zoology) To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour.
- (intransitive) To appear or represent oneself outwardly.
- simple past and past participle of presend
- (transitive) To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
- (transitive) To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
- (reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
- (intransitive, with "as") To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
- (transitive) To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.
- (transitive, military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
- (transitive) To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
- (transitive) To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
- (transitive) To put on, stage (a play etc.).
- (reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
- (intransitive, medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth.
- To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
- (transitive) To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
- (intransitive, medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at puberty.
- (transitive) To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
adj
- temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration
- being or existing in a specified place
- Relating to now, for the time being; current.
- Located in the immediate vicinity.
- Attentive; alert; focused.
- (politics) Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention)
- Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
noun
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
- something presented as a gift
- the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
- (grammar) The present tense.
- (military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
- The current moment or period of time.
- A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.
- (colloquial, euphemistic, endearing) poo; feces
verb
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- be typical of
- describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
- create an image or likeness of
- play a role or part
- form or compose
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- bring forward and present to the mind
- be representative or typical for
- to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
- be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
- serve as a means of expressing something
- point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
- (by extension) To present again, possibly in an altered form.
- (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate
- (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
- (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
- (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)
- (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
- (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
- (medicine) To present again, for instance for medical attention.
- (poker, transitive) To play as if holding (a set of cards); to play as if having made (a hand).
- (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
- (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of
- (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
- (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of
- (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
- (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.
verb
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
- (transitive, medicine) To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
- To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
- (intransitive, cooking) To work as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.
- (transitive) To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
- (transitive) To place in position to prepare for use.
- (astronautics) To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it.
- (transitive) To orchestrate; to carry out.
- (intransitive, Canada, US) To work an internship, usually as a chef or waiter.
noun
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a section or portion of a journey or course
- a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
- the theater as a profession (usually ‘the stage’)
- a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
- any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
- a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
- (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
- (cooking) An unpaid internship in a restaurant where a cook or chef is exposed to new culinary techniques.
- (by extension) One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.
- A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
- (theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
- (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
- A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
- A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers; the service that such coaches provide; a company that operates such service.
- A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
- The notional space within which stereo sounds are positioned, determining where they will appear to come from when played back.
- (metonymic, uncountable, with "the") The profession of an actor.
- (Canada, Quebec) An internship.
- A phase.
- (video games) A level; one of the areas making up the game.
- A floor or storey of a house.
adv
noun
- plays a small part in a dramatic production
- (chiefly attributive) Such a part in a play or film.
- (theater, film) An actor of a small (or "bit") part in a theatrical production or film, often without speaking lines.
- One who arrives and boards transport (such as a train or ferry) without having booked in advance.
- (sports) A student athlete who wants to try out for a college sports or athletic team without the benefit of a scholarship or having been recruited.
adj
prep
- (theater) Upstage of.
- Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
- (figuratively) Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
- Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
- Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
- In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
- Higher in rank, status, or position.
- Farther north than.
- (Scotland) In addition to; besides.
- Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
- Beyond; on the other side.
- In preference to.
adj
adv
- Higher in rank, power, or position.
- (biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
- Into or from heaven; in the sky.
- In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
- Above zero; above freezing.
- Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
- Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
- More in number.
- (in writing) at an earlier place
- in or to a place that is higher
noun
noun
adj
adv
verb
noun
verb
noun
- a first perfunctory rehearsal of a theatrical production in which actors read their lines from the script and move as directed
- a thorough explanation (usually accompanied by a demonstration) of each step in a procedure or process
- the act of walking in order to view something
- a pedestrian passageway through the ground floor of a building
- Alternative form of walkthrough.
adj
noun
adv
- not taken into account or excluded from consideration
- in reserve; not for immediate use
- out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
- placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose
- in a different direction
- on or to one side
- To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
- Excluded from consideration.
adj
noun
- a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot
- the property of a continuous and connected period of time
- uninterrupted connection or union
- Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
- (countable, narratology) A canon; one specific fictional universe within a multiverse.
- (uncountable, radio, television) The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.
- (uncountable, narratology) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.
- (uncountable, film) Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
- (uncountable, mathematics) A characteristic property of a continuous function.
noun
- the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
- a discussion intended to produce an agreement
- a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people
- a conversation between two persons
- (authorship) In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
- A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
- (computing) Nonstandard form of dialog (“dialog box”).
- (philosophy) A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
verb
noun
- (theater) A follow-up audition in casting.
- The return of a situation to a previous position or state; a reference to such a position or state.
- (business) A follow-up interview in employment recruiting.
- (comedy) A joke which references an earlier joke in the same routine.
- A form of audience participation in which the audience shout lines in response to the dialog of a film.
- A product recall because of a defect or safety concern.
- (programming) A function pointer passed as an argument to another function.
- (telephony) A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network.
- a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
noun
- an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- evidence that helps to solve a problem
- sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
- a stimulus that provides information about what to do
- The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
- A hint or intimation.
- An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
- The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
- (electronics, computing) A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
verb
- assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
- (by extension) To spark or provoke.
- To give someone a cue signal.
- To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.
- (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
noun
- (theater) Ellipsis of scene-dock.
- A burdock plant, or the leaves of that plant.
- (UK, nautical) The body of water next to and around a pier.
- (graphical user interface) A toolbar that provides the user with a way of launching applications by their icons, and switching between running applications.
- Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.
- The area of arrival and departure of a train in a railway station.
- A leather case used to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
- (US, nautical) A fixed structure attached to shore to which a vessel is secured when in port; usually for loading and unloading.
- An act or instance of docking; joining two things together.
- (electronics) A device designed as a base for holding a connected portable appliance for providing the necessary electrical charge for its autonomy, or as a hardware extension for additional capabilities.
- (law) Part of a courtroom where the accused sits.
- A section of a hotel or restaurant.
- The fleshy root of an animal's tail; specifically after clipping or cutting.
- any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine
- an enclosure in a court of law where the defendant sits during the trial
- a short or shortened tail of certain animals
- a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats
- landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired; may have gates to let water in or out
- the solid bony part of the tail of an animal as distinguished from the hair
- a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
verb
- (intransitive, slang, vulgar) In male homosexual sex, to engage in docking, the inserting of the tip of one participant's penis into the foreskin of the other participant.
- (intransitive) To land at a harbour.
- (transitive) To cut off, bar, or destroy.
- (transitive, cooking) To pierce holes, as pricking dough with a fork, to prevent excessive rising in the oven.
- (transitive) To reduce (wages); to deduct from (someone).
- (astronautics) To move a spaceship into its dock/berth under its own power.
- (transitive) To clip or cut off a section of an animal's tail; to practise a caudectomy.
- To join two moving items.
- (transitive) To place (an electronic device) in its dock.
- (transitive, graphical user interface) To drag a user interface element (such as a toolbar) to a position on screen where it snaps into place.
- (transitive, informal) To reduce the wages of (a person).
- maneuver into a dock
- remove or shorten the tail of an animal
- deprive someone of benefits, as a penalty
- deduct from someone's wages
- come into dock
noun
- (theater) The stage.
- (graph theory) The multiset of graphs formed from a single graph by deleting a single vertex in all possible ways.
- (slang) A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- (aviation) A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- (card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
- (colloquial) The floor.
- (nautical) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship or boat. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
- (computing) A collection of cards (pages or forms) in systems such as WML (Wireless Markup Language) and HyperCard.
- (British, fishing) The bottom of a water body.
- (card games, by extension) A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
- Ellipsis of slide deck: a set of slides for a presentation.
- (journalism) A headline consisting of one or more full lines of text; especially, a subheadline.
- Ellipsis of tape deck.
- a porch that resembles the deck on a ship
- street name for a packet of illegal drugs
- any of various platforms built into a vessel
- a pack of 52 playing cards
verb
- (uncommon) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
- (transitive) To cover; to overspread.
- (informal) To knock someone to the floor, especially with a single punch.
- (collectible card games) To cause a player to run out of cards to draw, usually making them lose the game.
- knock down with force
- decorate
- be beautiful to look at
noun
- words making up the dialogue of a play
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- the exchange of spoken words
- a lengthy rebuke
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- something spoken
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
- (countable) A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
- (uncountable) Language used orally, rather than in writing.
- (grammar) An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
- (uncountable) Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
- (uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
- (uncountable) The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
- (countable) A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
verb
noun
- (theater) Clipping of repertory.
- (weightlifting, countable) Clipping of repetition.
- (informal) Clipping of representation.
- (textiles) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.
- (informal) Clipping of representative.
- (fashion, slang) Clipping of replica.
- (informal) Clipping of reputation.
- (military, in combination) Clipping of report.
- informal abbreviation of ‘representative’
- a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs
verb
noun
adj
- Fond of music; discriminating with regard to music; gifted or skilled in music.
- Of, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
- Pleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.
- Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.
- characterized by or capable of producing music
- characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music
- containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
- talented in or devoted to music
noun
- (acting) A musical performance involving singing.
- (phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic.
- (music) A part of a piece of music that is sung.
- (Catholicism) A man in the Roman Catholic Church who has a right to vote in certain elections.
- a short musical composition with words
- music intended to be performed by one or more singers, usually with instrumental accompaniment
adj
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the human voice or speech.
- Synonym of expressive.
- (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, either by resonance, as in the case of the vowels, or by obstructive action, as in certain consonants, such as v, l, etc., or by both, as in the nasals m, n, ng.
- Having or exercising the power of producing voice, speech, or sound.
- (phonetics) Synonym of vocalic.
- (music) Relating to, composed or arranged for, or sung by the human voice.
- Full of voices.
- Uttered or modulated by the voice; expressed in words.
- Expressing opinions or feelings freely, loudly, or insistently.
- (anatomy) Used in the production of speech sounds.
- relating to or designed for or using the singing voice
- given to expressing yourself freely or insistently
- full of the sound of voices
- having or using the power to produce speech or sound
noun
- a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
- perspective drawing of an architect's design
- a coat of stucco applied to a masonry wall
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
- giving in acknowledgment of obligation
- Sketch, illustration, or painting.
- (computer graphics) The process of producing an image from an internal model, or the image thus produced.
- Version; translation.
- The act or process by which something is rendered.
verb
noun
- a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
- the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
- handing over prisoners to the country in which a crime was committed
- Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work.
- (law, chiefly US) Formal deliverance of a verdict.
- An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work.
- (law, chiefly US) The handing-over of someone wanted for justice who has fled a given jurisdiction.
- A given visual reproduction of something.
verb
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- the literary genre of works intended for the theater
- an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional
- the quality of being arresting or highly emotional
- (uncountable, countable) A situation in real life that has the characteristics of such a theatrical play.
- (countable) Such a work for television, radio or the cinema, usually one that is not a comedy.
- (countable) A composition, normally in prose, telling a story and intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue
- (slang, uncountable) Rumor, lying or exaggerated reaction to life or online events; melodrama; an angry dispute or scene; a situation made more complicated or worse than it should be; intrigue or spiteful interpersonal maneuvering.
- (uncountable) Theatrical plays in general.
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- the removal of constraints
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- movement or space for movement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
- a weak and tremulous light
- a state in which action is feasible
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- an attempt to get something
- utilization or exercise
- (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
- (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
- (uncountable) Movement (of a pattern of light etc.)
- (countable, uncountable) An instance or instances of causing media to be watched or heard, such as by broadcasting.
- The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely, as for example lash, backlash, or slack.
- (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
- (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
- (uncountable) Freedom to move.
- (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources.
- (countable) An instance of watching or listening to media.
- (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
- (uncountable) The conduct, or course, of a game.
- (countable) A short sequence of action within a game.
- (countable) An instance of wordplay.
- (uncountable) Similar activity in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
- (countable) An attempt to move forward, as in a plan or strategy, for example by a business, investor, or political party.
- (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.
- (uncountable, sports, with certain prepositions, also figurative) The sphere or circumstance in which a playing implement, such as a ball, is available to be played (see also in play, out of play).
verb
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- consider not very seriously
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- use to one's advantage
- emit recorded sound
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain way
- play a role or part
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- make bets
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- play on an instrument
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- bet or wager (money)
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- use or move
- perform on a certain location
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- perform on a stage or theater
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- participate in games or sport
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- replay (as a melody)
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) To produce music.
- (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
- (intransitive, of a theatrical performance, film or music) To be performed, reproduced, or shown.
- (transitive, colloquial) To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
- (transitive) To act as (the indicated role).
- (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- (intransitive, copulative) To act or behave in a stated way.
- To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
- To move so as to fall upon or sweep across something, or to direct or operate (something) in such a manner.
- (intransitive) To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
- (intransitive) To contend or fight using weapons, both as practice or in real life-or-death combats; to engage in martial games; to joust; to fence
- (transitive) To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
- (transitive) To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
- To portray (a character) in (a film or theatre).
- (transitive) To compete against, in a game.
- To gamble.
- To move in a light or brisk manner.
- (African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
- (transitive) To act or perform (a play).
- For additional senses in various idiomatic phrases, see the individual entries, such as play along, play at, play down, play off, play on, play out, play to, play up, etc.
- (transitive, intransitive, of a device, media, broadcast, etc.) To emit or relay sound (especially music) or moving pictures; (of a device) to operate media.
- (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
- (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
- To move in an alternating or reciprocal manner; to move to and fro.
- (transitive, of a theatrical company or band, etc.) To perform or give performances in or at (a venue or location).
- (intransitive, especially with 'with'; see also play with) To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially of a person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
- (transitive, usually of a person) To render (a musical title, compositional style, film title, etc.) using a musical instrument or device.
- (transitive, in the scoring of games and sports) To be the opposing score to.
noun
- (theater) A line that is performed on stage as if it were whispered, but is spoken loud enough for the audience to hear.
- (by extension) Any loud whisper intended to be heard.
- a loud whisper that can be overheard; on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast
verb
noun
- a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
- a short passage added at the end of a literary work
- The performer who gives this speech
- (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
- A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
- A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
verb
noun
- a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays
- a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign
- a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team)
- A book of games and amusements for children.
- (originally US, figurative) A book or (especially) any set of commonly employed tactics, strategies, and tips.
- A book containing the text of a play or plays.
- (US, American football) A book of strategies (plays) for use in American football (and by extension other sports or disciplines).
noun
- a performance of a play
- A theatrical performance.
- the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
- the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf
- a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
- a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
- a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract
- a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting
- a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency
- the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body
- an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent
- A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
- A statement; a presentation of opinion or position, or an utterance made to influence the opinions or actions of others
- (law) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
- (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
- (medicine) An act of representing, i.e. presenting again.
- (mathematics) An action of some algebraic structure (typically a group or algebra, particularly a Lie algebra) on a vector space, such that each element acts by a linear endomorphism.
- The act of representing.
- (by extension, uncountable) The appearance(s) of a particular demographic group in a piece of media, particularly in regards to how such appearances are treated.
- That which represents something else.
noun
- the production of a drama on the stage
- travel by stagecoach
- getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket
- a system of scaffolds
- (programming, uncountable) An environment for testing that exactly resembles a production environment.
- The business of running stagecoaches.
- (logistics) The process of loading and unloading commercial vehicles.
- A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building.
- The organization of something in order to prepare for or facilitate working with it.
- (theater) A performance of a play
- The classification of a case of a disease, usually a cancer, into its anatomic or prognostic stage, which is a category of severity.
- The act of journeying in stagecoaches.
- (by extension) The arrangement or layout of something in order to create an impression.
- The act or process of putting on an event.
- The scenery or organization of the movements of actors onstage.
verb
noun
- a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
- something of little value or significance
- any light downy material
- (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, euphemistic) A fart.
- (New England) Marshmallow creme.
- (informal, slang) A cloth diaper.
- Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
- (fandom slang) Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweet and feel-good in tone, usually involving romance.
- Anything inconsequential or superficial.
- (informal) A lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
- (UK, roleplaying games) A form of roleplaying which is inconsequential and not related to the plot; often used in the context of (but not limited to) filling time.
- (LGBTQ) A passive partner in a lesbian relationship.
verb
- erect or fluff up
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
- (transitive) To make something fluffy.
- (transitive, slang) To arouse (a male pornographic actor) before filming.
- (informal, transitive, intransitive, of an actor or announcer) To make a mistake in one's lines.
- (transitive, slang, by extension) To bring to a state of excitement.
- (intransitive) To move lightly like fluff.
- (intransitive) To become fluffy, puff up.
- (informal, transitive) To do incorrectly, for example mishit, miskick, miscue etc.
- (intransitive, Australia, euphemistic) To break wind, to fart.
noun
- (theater) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
- (mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
- (bridge) The number of cards held in a particular suit.
- Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
- Duration.
- (cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
- (figuratively) Total extent.
- The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
- (wine) The amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies.
- (slang) A penis.
- a section of something that is long and narrow
- the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
- size of the gap between two places
- continuance in time
- the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end
noun
- the actors in a play
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- An act of throwing.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- A group of crabs.
verb
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- choose at random
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- to remove
- throw forcefully
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
adj
noun
- The mounting of a play, etc., for the stage.
- Hunting with a setter.
- Something set in, or inserted.
- A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
- The direction of a current of wind.
- The act of setting (various senses).
- A level or placement to which a knob or control is set.
- The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
- The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
- A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
- the context and environment in which something is set
- the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
- the physical position of something
- arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
- a table service for one person
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place
adj
verb
noun
noun
- a theatrical performer
- a person who acts and gets things done
- A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
- (software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
- (grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.
- Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
noun
- a theatrical performer
- a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
- someone who takes part in an activity
- a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
- someone who plays a music as a profession
- (electronics) An electronic device that plays audio or video media.
- (gaming, video games) A gamer; a person of video games or similar.
- (informal) A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
- A participant; one involved in something.
- One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.
- (gambling) A gambler.
- (computing) A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.
- One that plays.
- (theater) An actor in a dramatic play.
- One who plays any game or sport.
- (music) One who plays on a musical instrument.
- One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
- (historical) A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
noun
- a theatrical performer
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- (psychiatry) One of the ten classifications of necrophilia based on the increasing severity of the disorder as defined by the American forensic psychologist Anil Aggrawal (Class I).
- Alternative form of roleplayer.
- (basketball) A player who is not one of the best players on the team, but still makes a meaningful contribution.
noun
- plays a small part in a dramatic production
- (chiefly attributive) Such a part in a play or film.
- (theater, film) An actor of a small (or "bit") part in a theatrical production or film, often without speaking lines.
- One who arrives and boards transport (such as a train or ferry) without having booked in advance.
- (sports) A student athlete who wants to try out for a college sports or athletic team without the benefit of a scholarship or having been recruited.
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adv
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adv
noun
verb
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- cause to come to know personally
- represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
- formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.
- offer for others to consider
- give, especially as an honor or reward
- give as a present; make a gift of
- bring forward and present to the mind
- give an exhibition of to an interested audience
- recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position
- deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
- hand over formally
- (transitive) To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
- (intransitive, zoology) To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour.
- (intransitive) To appear or represent oneself outwardly.
- simple past and past participle of presend
- (transitive) To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
- (transitive) To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
- (reflexive) To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
- (intransitive, with "as") To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
- (transitive) To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.
- (transitive, military) To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
- (transitive) To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
- (transitive) To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
- (transitive) To put on, stage (a play etc.).
- (reflexive) To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
- (intransitive, medicine) To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth.
- To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
- (transitive) To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
- (intransitive, medicine) To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
- (fandom slang) In omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at puberty.
- (transitive) To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
adj
- temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration
- being or existing in a specified place
- Relating to now, for the time being; current.
- Located in the immediate vicinity.
- Attentive; alert; focused.
- (politics) Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention)
- Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
noun
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking
- something presented as a gift
- the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech
- (grammar) The present tense.
- (military) The position of a soldier in presenting arms.
- The current moment or period of time.
- A gift, especially one given for birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, or any other special occasions.
- (colloquial, euphemistic, endearing) poo; feces
verb
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- be typical of
- describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
- create an image or likeness of
- play a role or part
- form or compose
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- bring forward and present to the mind
- be representative or typical for
- to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
- be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
- serve as a means of expressing something
- point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
- (by extension) To present again, possibly in an altered form.
- (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate
- (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
- (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
- (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)
- (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
- (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
- (medicine) To present again, for instance for medical attention.
- (poker, transitive) To play as if holding (a set of cards); to play as if having made (a hand).
- (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
- (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of
- (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
- (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of
- (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
- (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.
verb
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
- (transitive, medicine) To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
- To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
- (intransitive, cooking) To work as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.
- (transitive) To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
- (transitive) To place in position to prepare for use.
- (astronautics) To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it.
- (transitive) To orchestrate; to carry out.
- (intransitive, Canada, US) To work an internship, usually as a chef or waiter.
noun
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a section or portion of a journey or course
- a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
- the theater as a profession (usually ‘the stage’)
- a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
- any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
- a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
- (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
- (cooking) An unpaid internship in a restaurant where a cook or chef is exposed to new culinary techniques.
- (by extension) One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.
- A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
- (theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
- (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
- A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
- A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers; the service that such coaches provide; a company that operates such service.
- A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
- The notional space within which stereo sounds are positioned, determining where they will appear to come from when played back.
- (metonymic, uncountable, with "the") The profession of an actor.
- (Canada, Quebec) An internship.
- A phase.
- (video games) A level; one of the areas making up the game.
- A floor or storey of a house.