Dictionary Entry

playing

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ˈpleɪ.ɪŋ/Used In Literature ↓

To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.

In a Sentence

“They played long and hard.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. playingcards playingfield playing

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Poetry examples for “playing”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

You find the primrose still,
And find the windflower playing
With every wind at will,

When Ludlow market hums
And Ludlow chimes are playing
"The conquering hero comes,"

The wind with the plumes will be playing,
The girls will stand watching them wave,

They hear from over hill
A music playing.

The old to heed the air;
And I to lift with playing
From tree and tower and steep

"Is football playing
Along the river shore,

And drew, from butts of water on the slope, 60
The fountain of the moment, playing, now

Thereat her hands began a lute-playing
And her sweet mouth a song in a strange tongue;

What dost thou praying,
O soul, and playing
With song and saying,

Is it singing that he hears?
A song of playing at ball?
The moonlight shines on the straight column of water,