play-act (English, verb)
expansion: play-act (third-person singular simple present play-acts, present participle play-acting, simple past and past participle play-acted)
Senses:
glosses: To perform on stage; to act in a play.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To play (a scene, role etc.); to act out.
tags: transitive
glosses: To engage in pretence or insincere behavior, often in order to mislead someone or gain an advantage.
tags: figuratively
intransitive
glosses: To make a pretence of; to feign or simulate.
tags: figuratively
transitive
Forms:
form: play-acts
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: play-acting
tags: participle
present
form: play-acted
tags: participle
past
form: play-acted
tags: past
form: playact
tags: alternative