- playing
- noun1. the act of playing a musical instrument (Freq. 11)• Derivationally related forms: ↑play• Hypernyms: ↑musical performance• Hyponyms: ↑bowing, ↑piping, ↑stopping, ↑transposition2. the action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation (Freq. 1)• Derivationally related forms: ↑play• Hypernyms: ↑action3. the performance of a part or role in a drama• Syn: ↑acting, ↑playacting, ↑performing• Derivationally related forms: ↑perform (for: ↑performing), ↑playact (for: ↑playacting), ↑play, ↑act (for: ↑acting)• Hypernyms: ↑activity, ↑performing arts• Hyponyms:↑portrayal, ↑characterization, ↑enactment, ↑personation, ↑impersonation, ↑method acting, ↑method, ↑mime, ↑pantomime, ↑dumb show, ↑business, ↑stage business, ↑byplay, ↑skit, ↑hamming, ↑overacting, ↑heroics, ↑reenactment, ↑roleplaying• Part Holonyms: ↑performance
Useful english dictionary. 2012.