play
To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
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
To act or behave in a stated way.
To act or behave in a stated way.
To act as (the indicated role).
To act as (the indicated role).
To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
To produce sound (especially music), moving pictures, or theatrical performance.
To move briskly, sweepingly, back and forth, in a directed manner, etc.
To move briskly, sweepingly, back and forth, in a directed manner, etc.
To move briskly, sweepingly, back and forth, in a directed manner, etc.
To bring into action or motion; to exhibit in action; to execute or deploy.
To handle or deal with (a matter or situation) in a stated way.
To handle or deal with (something) in a calculating manner intended to achieve profit or gain.
To be received or accepted (in a given way); to go down.
To gamble.
To keep in play, as a hooked fish in order to land it.
To manipulate, deceive, or swindle.
To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
To take part in amorous activity; to make love; see also play around.
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.

played
simple past and past participle of play

playette
A short play (dramatic work).

playettes
plural of playette

playgames
plural of playgame

playing
An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.

playings
plural of playing

playock
A plaything; a toy.

plays
plural of play

playspace
An environment where play can take place.

playspaces
plural of playspace

plod
A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.

plodded
simple past and past participle of plod

plodding
present participle and gerund of plod

ploddings
plural of plodding

plods
third-person singular simple present indicative of plod

ploughgangs
plural of ploughgang

polyfoils
plural of polyfoil

polytrode
An array of many electrodes

pootle
A stroll; a wandering.

pootled
simple past and past participle of pootle

pootles
plural of pootle

pootling
present participle and gerund of pootle

posthole
A cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide.

postholed
simple past and past participle of posthole

postholes
plural of posthole

postholing
present participle and gerund of posthole

powerwalk
To walk at a brisk pace for exercise or in order to move very quickly.

powerwalked
simple past and past participle of powerwalk

powerwalking
present participle and gerund of powerwalk

powerwalks
third-person singular simple present indicative of powerwalk

praeamble
Obsolete form of preamble.

praeambles
plural of praeamble

preamble
A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.
A syncword.
A precursor.

preambled
simple past and past participle of preamble

preambles
plural of preamble

preambling
present participle and gerund of preamble

preambulate
To walk before; figuratively, to precede.

preambulated
simple past and past participle of preambulate

preambulates
third-person singular simple present indicative of preambulate

preambulating
present participle and gerund of preambulate

preramble
preamble

primacord
Synonym of detonating cord.

primacords
plural of primacord

processionize
To walk in a procession.

processionized
simple past and past participle of processionize

processionizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of processionize

processionizing
present participle and gerund of processionize

projectivise
The process of transforming a mathematical object into its projective form, often by embedding it into a projective space.

projectivised
simple past and past participle of projectivise

projectivises
third-person singular simple present indicative of projectivise

projectivising
present participle of projectivise

projectivize
The process of transforming a mathematical object into its projective form, often by embedding it into a projective space.

projectivized
Subjected to projectivization

projectivizes
third-person singular simple present indicative of projectivize

projectivizing
present participle and gerund of projectivize

prolong
To extend in space or length.
To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of.
To put off to a distant time; to postpone.
To become longer; lengthen.

prolonged
Lengthy in duration; extended; protracted.

prolonging
present participle and gerund of prolong

prolongings
plural of prolonging

prolongs
third-person singular simple present indicative of prolong

promenade
A prom (dance).
A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.
A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.
A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.

promenaded
simple past and past participle of promenade

promenades
plural of promenade

promenading
present participle and gerund of promenade

pronate
To turn or rotate one’s hand and forearm so that the palm faces down if the forearm is horizontal, back if the arm is pointing down, or forward if the forearm is pointing up; to twist the right forearm counterclockwise or the left forearm clockwise.
To twist the foot so that if walking the weight would be borne on the inner edge of the foot.
To become pronated.

pronated
Having one’s hand rotated so that the palm faces the same direction as the knob of the elbow.
Having one's foot twisted so that if walking, the weight would be borne on the inner edge of the foot.

pronates
third-person singular simple present indicative of pronate

pronating
present participle and gerund of pronate

propagate
To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production.
To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space.
To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate.
To multiply; to increase.
To generate; to produce.
To be propagated; to travel.
To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants.
To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.
To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.

propagated
simple past and past participle of propagate

propagates
third-person singular simple present indicative of propagate

propagating
present participle and gerund of propagate

pseudonamespace
A false namespace achieved by other means.

pseudonamespaces
plural of pseudonamespace