Leukemoid (health) and play(1) (iou)

play noun. OE.
[from the verb.]
I.
Active bodily Exercise; brisk and vigorous action of the body or limbs, as in fencing, dancing, leaping, etc. obsolete exc. as passing into Other senses. OE.
The action of lightly and briskly wielding or plying a weapon etc. Chiefly as 2nd elem. of comb., as cudgel-play, swordplay, etc. OE.
fig. & gen. Action, activity, operation, working, esp. with rapid movement or change, or variety. (Now almost always of abstract things, as fancy, thought, etc.) M16.
Disraeli That enchanting play of fancy which had once characterized her.
Rapid, brisk, or light movement, esp. when alternating or fitful; elusive change or transition (of light or colour); light motion about or impact on something. E17.
S. Bellow He could not restrain the play of muscles in his throat. E. H. Gombrich The play of sunlight on the green pastures. A. J. Toynbee The fishermen..knitting new nets with an unconscious play of their deft fingers. House & Garden Mirrored panels bounce light reflections back and forth in never-ending play.
b. ellipt. Play of light, play of colour. Now rare. L17.
a. Free or unimpeded movement, esp. from or about a fixed point; the possible or proper motion of a piece of mechanism or of a part of the living body; freedom or room for movement; the space in or through which a piece of mechanism etc. can or does move. M17.
D. Bloodworth Just look at the play on this steering wheel. Practical Householder To make the tool completely rigid..modifications were needed..to eliminate play between various components.
b. fig. & gen. Free action; freedom, opportunity, or room for action; scope for activity. M17.
R. Davies She was too stupid to give her nastiness serious play.
c. Attention, patronage; a show of interest; publicity. slang (orig. US). E20.
II.
Exercise or action by way of recreation or amusement, now esp. as a spontaneous activity of children or young animals; colloq. an instance or period of such activity. Formerly also spec., sexual dalliance, sexual activity. OE.
Milton Wearied with their amorous play. R. S. Thomas His work was play after the dull school. A. Storr Rough-and-tumble play, which is important in learning.
b. (A source of) enjoyment or pleasure; a joy, a delight. ME-E16.
c. The condition of not being at work, the condition of being on strike, out of work, ill, etc., (now dial.); Scot. a holiday or break from school. E17.
A particular amusement or diversion; a game, a sport, a pastime. obsolete exc. Scot. OE.
R. W. Emerson The plays of children are nonsense, but very educative nonsense.
b. A country fair or gala, a festival. Scot. & dial. L18.
Jest, fun, sport; trifling. Chiefly in in play. ME.
An act or proceeding, esp. of a crafty or underhand kind; manner of action, method of proceeding; a trick. obsolete exc. as passing into sense 10. ME.
The carrying on or playing of a game or Games; manner or style of playing a game; skill in playing a game. ME.
G. A. MacDonnell Eliciting his opponent's best play. Club Cricketer In spite of..interruptions with rain, play did start.
b. The status of the ball etc. in a game in respect of being playable within the rules (chiefly in in play, out of play); the part of a pitch etc. in which the ball is in play. L18.
spec. The playing of a game or Games for money or Other valuable stakes; gaming, gambling. ME.
An attempt to achieve or gain something; a move, a manoeuvre, a venture; spec. (a) N. Amer. Sport an attacking move in a team game, an action that advances a team's interest; (b) slang an attempt to attract or impress a person sexually (esp. in make a play (for)); (c) Commerce an opportunity for investment, a business deal, a commercial venture. M19.
III.
A mimic representation of an action or story as a spectacle on the stage, on Film, etc.; a dramatic performance; a composition in the form of dialogue, intended for performance on the stage usu. with appropriate movement, costume, etc. OE.
acting play, closet play, costume play, dumb play, morality play, mystery play, passion play, etc.
b. A performance, proceeding, or piece of action in real life. Now rare. L16.
IV.
Performance on a musical instrument. obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
The act of playing a disc, tape, etc. colloq. M20.
Phrases: a play within a play a play acted as part of the action of another play. as good as a play colloq. very Entertaining or amusing. at play (a) engaged in playing by way of recreation or amusement; (b) in the course of gambling. boys' play: see BOY noun. bring into play, call into play begin to Exercise, bring into action, give scope for. child's play: see CHILD noun. come into play come into action or operation, become active or relevant. double play: see DOUBLE adjective & adverb. fair play: see FAIR adjective. foul play: see FOUL adjective. hold in play = keep in play below. in full play in full action or operation, acting with full force. in play (a) actively engaged or employed; (b) Commerce (of a company etc.) in a position where a takeover bid can be made or is invited; (see also senses 8, 10b above). into play Commerce (of a company etc.) into a position where a takeover bid can be made or is invited. keep in play keep (a person etc.) exercised, occupied, or engaged; give (a person) something to do, esp. in the way of self-defence in a contest etc. make play (a) Racing & Hunting tax the powers of pursuers or followers; (b) keep an adversary engaged; (c) make play with, make great play with, etc., use freely and with a view to advantage, make much of. out of play (a) unoccupied, out of Employment or office; (b) see sense 10b above. play of words the use of words merely or mainly for the purpose of producing a rhetorical or fantastic effect. play on words, play upon words a playful use of words to convey a double meaning or produce a fantastic or humorous effect by similarity of sound with difference of meaning; a pun. POSITIONAL play. secular plays: see SECULAR adjective 6. set play: see SET adjective. state of play: see STATE noun. triple play: see TRIPLE adjective & adverb.
Comb.: play-act verb (a) verb intrans. act in a play; pretend, make believe; behave theatrically or insincerely; (b) verb trans. act (a scene, part, etc.) in a play, pretend to be; play-acting the acting of a play or plays, dramatic performance; theatrical or insincere behaviour; play-actor an actor of plays, a dramatic performer; a person who play-acts; play-actress (now rare) a female actor of plays; playbill (a) a poster or placard announcing a play and usu. giving the names of the actors; (b) US a theatre programme; playbook (a) a book of plays or dramatic compositions; (b) a book of Games and pastimes for children; (c) Amer. Football a book containing various strategies and systems of play; playbox a box in which a child, esp. at a boarding-school, keeps toys, books, and Other personal possessions; playbroker an agent who serves as an intermediary between playwrights and managers or actors; play-by-play adjective & noun (designating) a running commentary on a game; play-centre a place where children can play under supervision outside school; (chiefly NZ) a preschool playgroup; play clothes: used only for playing in; play-day (a) a day given up to play; a day exempted from work; esp. a school holiday; (b) Theatrical a day on which a play is performed; play-Debt arch. a gambling Debt; play-doctor a professional improver of Other people's plays; Play-Doh (proprietary), play-dough a child's modelling clay; play face an expression seen in apes or monkeys at play, in which the mouth is open but the teeth are hidden; playfellow a child's companion in play, a playmate; playfere (long obsolete exc. Scot.) a child's companion in play, a playmate; playfight a fight in play; playfighting fighting in play; playgame a game not taken seriously; an amusement; a plaything; playgoer a person who (habitually) goes to see plays, a frequenter of the theatre; playgoing (habitual) going to see plays, frequenting of the theatre; playhour an hour set aside for play; playland an area suitable for recreation; playleader an adult who leads or helps with children's play; the leader of, or a helper at, a playgroup; playleadership the status or function of a playleader; play-lunch Austral. & NZ a snack taken by children to school for eating at playtime; playmake verb intrans. lead attacks in a team game, bring Other players on one's side into a position to score, (chiefly as playmaking verbal noun); playmaker (a) now rare a writer of plays; (b) a player in a team game who leads attacks or brings Other players on his or her side into a position to score; playmate (a) a child's companion in play; (b) (orig. US) a companion in amorous (esp. sexual) play, a lover; play-material (a) material used by children at play; (b) relatively unimportant classified information passed on by a double agent; playmonger derog. a writer of plays; play-pen a portable enclosure for a young child to play in; playroom a room used for children to play in; playscheme a local project or scheme providing recreational facilities and activities for children for a certain period of time, typically during the school holidays; play school a nursery-school, a kindergarten; playstreet a street closed to traffic so that children can play in it; play-suit (a) a light casual outfit; (b) a set of clothes for a young child to play in; play-table a gaming-table; play therapist a practitioner of play therapy; play therapy Psychology therapy in which emotionally disturbed children are encouraged to act out and express their fantasies and feelings through play, aided by the therapist's interpretations; play-way an educational method which seeks to utilize play; playwriter = PLAYWRIGHT; playwriting = PLAYWRIGHTING.
playless adjective M19.
playlet noun a slight or short dramatic play L19.

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