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Pitying
- verb - share the suffering of
Play Up
- verb - ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior; "She is playing up to the chairman"
- move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker''s distinguished career in linguistics"
- move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
Playact
- verb - perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
Playbox
- noun - a box for a child's toys and personal things (especially at a boarding school)
Playboy
- noun - a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure
Playday
- noun - time for play or diversion
Players
- noun - a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
- a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
- a theatrical performer
- an important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a major player in setting up the corporation"
- someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
Playful
- adjective - full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school"
Playing
- verb - act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome; "This factor played only a minor part in his decision"; "This development played into her hands"; "I played no role in your dismissal"
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children; "The kids were playing outside all day"; "I used to play with trucks as a little girl"
- be performed or presented for public viewing; "What's playing in the local movie theater?"; "`Cats' has been playing on Broadway for many years"
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way; "This speech didn't play well with the American public"; "His remarks played to the suspicions of the committee"
- behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"
- behave in a certain way; "play safe"; "play it safe"; "play fair"
- bet or wager (money); "He played $20 on the new horse"; "She plays the races"