…engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose…
…pretend to be unintelligent or unaware in order to deceive someone or gain an advantage…
…(of two teams or competitors) play an extra match to decide a draw or tie…
…a company that focuses exclusively on a particular product or service in order to obtain a large market share…
…a prearranged manoeuvre carried out from a restart by the team who have the advantage…
…a play in which a runner must advance when a ball is hit, thereby allowing a fielder to put the runner out by touching the approached base before the runner gets there…
…deal with someone or something in a way that lacks due seriousness or respect…
…play in golf in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side…
…behave in a casual, foolish, or irresponsible way…
…perform a piece of music at the same time as it is playing on a tape or record…
…a place separate from school where children can play under supervision…
…pretend to be asleep or unconscious (as an opossum does when threatened)…
…tactics exhibiting or intended to increase a person’s power or influence…
…perform the notes of a scale as an exercise for the fingers or voice…
…a play performed on stage rather than broadcast or made into a film…
…play in golf in which the score is reckoned by counting the number of strokes taken overall…
…(of a pupil) stay away from school without leave or explanation…
…(in tennis, squash, etc.) play a point again because the ball or one of the players has been obstructed…
…a kind of allegorical drama having personified abstract qualities as the main characters and presenting a lesson about good conduct and character, popular in the 15th and early 16th centuries…
…a traditional English folk play, of a type often associated with Christmas and popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The plot typically features Saint George and involves the miraculous resurrection of a character…
…a popular medieval play based on biblical stories or the lives of the saints…
…a play, typically performed by children at Christmas, based on the events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ…
…a dramatic performance representing Christ’s Passion from the Last Supper to the Crucifixion…
