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PLAY OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become spent or exhausted
Example:
The champion's strength played out fast
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "play out" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
exhaust; play out; run down; sap; tire (deplete)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Play to a finish
Example:
We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "play out" is one way to...):
play (participate in games or sport)
Verb group:
play out (perform or be performed to the end)
Domain category:
game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Perform or be performed to the end
Example:
How will the election drama be played out?
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "play out" is one way to...):
perform (give a performance (of something))
Verb group:
play out (play to a finish)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Deplete
Example:
We quickly played out our strength
Synonyms:
exhaust; play out; run down; sap; tire
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "play out" is one way to...):
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Verb group:
play out (become spent or exhausted)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
