Plays is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PLAYS in dictionary:

VERB:
• PLAY, to engage in recreation
• engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose
• engage in (a game or activity) for enjoyment
• amuse oneself by engaging in imaginative pretence
• engage in without proper seriousness or understanding
• fiddle or tamper with
• take part in (a sport)
• participate in (a sporting match or contest)
• compete against (another player or team) in a sporting match
• be part of a team, especially in a specified position, in a sporting contest
• strike (a ball) or execute (a stroke) in a game
• (of a cricket ground) be in such condition as to have a specified effect on play.
• assign to take part in a match, especially in a specified position
• bet or gamble at or on
• be cooperative
• represent (a character) in a theatrical performance or a film
• perform in a film or theatrical production
• put on or take part in (a theatrical performance, film, or concert)
• give a dramatic performance at (a particular theatre or place)
• behave as though one were (a specified type of person)
• treat someone as being of (a specified type)
• perform on (a musical instrument)
• possess the skill of performing on (a musical instrument)
• produce (notes) from a musical instrument; perform (a piece of music)
• make (a disc, music player, or other device) produce sounds or recorded images
• (of a musical instrument, music player, or other device) produce sounds or recorded images
• accompany (someone) with music as they are moving in a specified direction
• move lightly and quickly, so as to appear and disappear; flicker
• (of a fountain or similar source of water) emit a stream of gently moving water
• allow (a fish) to exhaust itself pulling against a line before reeling it in
• treat inconsiderately for one's own amusement
• used to convey one's irritation at someone's actions or one's failure to understand their motives
• move (a piece) or display (a playing card) in one's turn in a game
NOUN:
• activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children
• behaviour or speech that is not intended seriously
• designed to be used in games of pretence; not real
• the conducting of a sporting match
• the action or manner of engaging in a sport or game
• the status of the ball in a game as being available to be played according to the rules
• the state of being active, operative, or effective
• a move or manoeuvre in a sport or game
• the activity of gambling
• a dramatic work for the stage or to be broadcast
• the space in or through which a mechanism can or does move
• scope or freedom to act or operate
• light and constantly changing movement
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to engage in amusement or sport

Words related to PLAYS

play9 played12 playing13

Words that contain PLAYS

splays11 uplays11 byplays17 playset12 replays12 airplays13 bioplays15 cosplays15 displays14 endplays14 gunplays14 misplays15 nonplays13 outplays13 playsets13 playslip15 playsome15 playsuit13 downplays18 foreplays17 fourplays17 gameplays17 handplays18 overplays17 playslips16 playsuits14 quadplays24 teleplays14 wordplays18 horseplays18 interplays15 matchplays22 medalplays18 photoplays20 playschool20 powerplays20 redisplays16 swordplays19 underplays16 playschools21 screenplays18 fingerplays20 counterplays19

How to use PLAYS in a sentence

• Others were by well-known writers, and others, again, were strewn through the plays of Lyly, Shakspere, Jonson, Beaumont, Fletcher, and other dramatists.
• As a rule, the wind plays a prominent part in distributing seed in every section of the country.
• Typical Elizabethan plays by contemporaries and immediate successors of Shakespeare.
• He planned, indeed, too, and partly wrote, one or more plays, and was considered of consequence enough to be elected a member of the Royal Society in 1662.
• He was close to the people in his thinking and writing page xix and some of the songs contained in his plays reproduce the truest popular savor.
• The economy has a strong and rapidly growing private sector, yet the state still plays a major role in basic industry, banking, transport, and communication.
• The daughter of the railway president plays no small part in the situation.
• Morphy plays without seeing the Chess-board or men, against M.
• Other plays are mere displays of scenery and costume by comparison.
• This was received with great applause, and esteemed one of the best plays of that time.
• Shadwell so well, that he transcribed a part of it into his Bury Fair, one of the most taking plays of that poet.
• He has written besides his plays, What he calls a Chain of Golden Poems, embellished with Mirth, Wit, and Eloquence.
• Yeats and to the first plays of Synge that Lady Gregory started to create them.
• He rides, walks, shoots, plays tennis, and is as much in the open air as his duties permit.
• These plays are of very ancient composition, and their stories cast in remote times.
• One may conceive that there was a natural resemblance between him and Menander, both in the scheme and style of his lighter plays.
• In the next three plays Fordham, under the now more keenly watchful eyes of the officials, failed to make the required distance, and lost the ball.
• She is not an instrument on which the Holy Spirit plays, but an intelligent being through whom He acts.
• He preferred to take his Shakespeare from the book, finding that the spirit of the plays rather evaporated under modern theatrical treatment.
• All I had to do was to learn the names of the chief characters in the various plays and novels prescribed.
• For the next few minutes the Army eleven indulged in practice plays and kicks.
• When bigger, the boy has his tops and hoops, with or without bells, and he plays marbles with nuts.
• But just how great a part it plays, what per cent of the difference it accounts for, and what particular traits it affects much or little, no one knows.
• The intensity with which the plays take hold of the audience cannot remain without strong social effects.

Similar words containing PLAY without suffix s

play9 playa10 splay10 uplay10 byplay16 playas11 played12 player11 replay11 splays11 uplays11 airplay12 bioplay14 byplays17 cosplay14 display13 endplay13 gunplay13 misplay14 nonplay12 outplay12 playact14 playboy17 playbus14 playday16 players12 playful15 playing13 playlet12 playoff18 playpen14 playset12 replays12 splayed13 airplays13 bioplays15 cosplays15 displays14 downplay17 endplays14 foreplay16 fourplay16 gameplay16 gunplays14 handplay17 misplays15 nonplays13 outplays13 overplay16 playable15 playacts15 playback21 playbill15 playbook19 playboys18 playdate14 playdays17 playdown17 playgirl14 playgoer14 playings14 playland14 playless13 playlets13 playlike17 playlist13 playmate15 playoffs19 playpens15 playroom15 playsets13 playslip15 playsome15 playsuit13 playtime15 playwear16 quadplay23 replayed14 splaying14 teleplay13 unplayed14 uplaying14 wordplay17 roleplay13 displayed16 displayer15 downplays18 endplayed16 foreplays17 fourplays17 gameplays17 handplays18 horseplay17 interplay14 matchplay21 medalplay17 misplayed17 nonplayer14 outplayed15 overplays17 Show more ...

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