play

[plei] 1. verb

1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) igrati se

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) igrati

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) igrati

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) igrati

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) igrati

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) potegniti koga za nos

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) igrati proti komu

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) poigravati se

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) usmeriti

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) igrati

2. noun

1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) igra

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) gledališka igra

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) tekma

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) delovanje

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- player

- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up

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I [pléi]

noun

igra (na srečo, za stavo, za zabavo, športna), zabava, šala; igranje, kvartanje, poteza (pri šahu); figuratively igra (besed, barv, valov, žarkov itd.); theatre gledališka igra, predstava; music igranje, predvajanje, glasbeno delo; spretno ravnanje s čim (običajno v sestavljenkah npr. swordplay); delovanje, dejavnost, torišče; technical toleranca; figuratively svoboda gibanja; American slang manever, (zvijačen) poskus za dosego česa; American slang publiciteta, poznanost, propaganda

at the play — v gledališču

to be at play — igrati se

to bring ( —ali call, put) into play — spraviti v pogon, izkoristiti

to come into play — začeti delati, stopiti v akcijo

child's play — otročarija, igračkanje

fair play — pošteno ravnanje

foul play — nepošteno ravnanje

in full play — v polnem teku, v polnem pogonu

to give free play to one's fancy — dati domišljiji prosto pot

to give the rope more play — zrahljati vrv

as good as a play — zelo zabavno in zanimivo

grandstand play — razkazovanje

figuratively to hold in play — zaposliti (koga s čim)

high play — kvartanje za debel denar

in play — še v igri (kvartanje), za šalo

it is your play — ti imaš potezo (šah), ti igraš (karte)

out of play — ne več v igri (kvartanje)

lively play of fantasy — živahna domišljija

to make play — imeti uspeh; utruditi preganjalce (pri lovu)

to make a play for — potegovati se za naklonjenost

to make play with — postavljati se, bahati se

that was pretty play — to je bilo dobro (zaigrano)

a play on words — besedna igra

II [pléi]

1.

intransitive verb

igrati (for za), šaliti se, zabavati se, igračkati se; začeti igrati (karte), napraviti potezo, biti na potezi (šah); poigravati se (barve, valovi, žarki itd.); streljati (top), brizgati (vodomet), sijati; technical imeti prostor za gibanje, imeti toleranco, premikati se (bat), biti v pogonu; biti primeren za igro (igrišče);

2.

transitive verb theatre

igrati, uprizoriti; sport nastopiti, igrati proti, sprejeti igralca v moštvo; uperiti (žaromet, luč, vodni curek) na koga; ustreliti (iz topa); technical spraviti v pogon, upravljati (stroj), obvladati

to play along with — sodelovati, v en rog trobiti s kom

to play it cagey — biti previden, omahovati

figuratively to play both ends against the middle — previdno, rafinirano ravnati

to play ball with s.o. — pošteno postopati s kom

to play booty — prevarati

figuratively to play one's cards well (badly) — (ne)spretno manevrirati

to play s.o. dirt — izigrati koga

to play the devil ( —ali deuce) with — prekrižati komu račune

to play by ear — igrati po posluhu

to play fair (foul) — pošteno (nepošteno) ravnati

to play s.o. false — izdati koga

to play the fool — zganjati neumnosti

to play a fish — utruditi ribo na trnku

to play fast and loose with — zlorabljati koga

to play the game — držati se pravil, pošteno ravnati

to play to the gallery — šopiriti se pred javnostjo

to play guns on — obstreljevati

to play into s.o.'s hands — koristiti drugemu, pomagati komu

to play one's hand for all it is worth — izrabiti vsako priliko, uveljaviti vse svoje zmožnosti

to play the knave — varati

to play a good knife and fork — jesti z apetitom

to play the horses — staviti na konjskih dirkah

to play for love — igrati za zabavo ne za denar

slang to play it (low) on — izigrati koga, zlorabiti

to play a joke ( —ali prank, trick) on — potegniti koga za nos

to play the races — staviti na konjskih dirkah

to play a part — igrati vlogo, pretvarjati se

to play possum — hliniti spanje

to play upon the square — pošteno ravnati

to play safe — previdno ravnati, ne tvegati

to play second fiddle — imeti podrejen položaj

to play a good stick — dobro sabljati

to play for time — zavlačevati, poskušati pridobiti na času

to play truant ( —ali hooky) — neopravičeno izostati od pouka

to play s.o. a mean trick — prevarati koga

to play tricks with — nagajati

to play (up)on — igrati na, figuratively izrabljati koga

to play (up)on words — zbijati šale, igrati se z besedami

to play with — igrati se s, z; lahkomiselno ravnati s