verb

 

sports/games When you play a sport or game, you take part in it.

You play tennis, don't you Sam?

 

children When children play, they enjoy themselves with toys and games.

She likes playing with her dolls.

 

music to make music with a musical instrument

Tim was playing the piano.

 

record/radio If a radio, record, etc plays, it produces sounds, or if you play a radio, record, etc you make it produce sounds.

A radio was playing in the background.

 

acting to be a character in a film or play

Morgan played the father in the film version.

 

noun

 

theatre a story that is written for actors to perform, usually in a theatre

We saw a play at the National Theatre.

 

sports/games the activity of taking part in a sport or a game

Rain stopped play in the Hingis-Davenport match.

 

children when children enjoy themselves with toys and games

a play area