noun
1. the act of playing a musical instrument (Freq. 11)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑play
• Hypernyms: ↑musical performance
• Hyponyms: ↑bowing, ↑piping, ↑stopping, ↑transposition
2. the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑play
• Hypernyms: ↑action
3. the performance of a part or role in a drama
• Syn: ↑acting, ↑playacting, ↑performing
• Derivationally related forms: ↑perform (for: ↑performing), ↑playact (for: ↑playacting), ↑play, ↑act (for: ↑acting)
• Hypernyms: ↑activity, ↑performing arts
• Hyponyms:
↑portrayal, ↑characterization, ↑enactment, ↑personation, ↑impersonation, ↑method acting, ↑method, ↑mime, ↑pantomime, ↑dumb show, ↑business, ↑stage business, ↑byplay, ↑skit, ↑hamming, ↑overacting, ↑heroics, ↑reenactment, ↑roleplaying
• Part Holonyms: ↑performance
Useful english dictionary. 2012.