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OVERPLAY
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they overplay ... he / she / it overplays
Past simple: overplayed
Past participle: overplayed
-ing form: overplaying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Exaggerate one's acting
Synonyms:
ham; ham it up; overact; overplay
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "overplay" is one way to...):
act; play; playact; roleplay (perform on a stage or theater)
Domain category:
dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
