Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 76
Platonize (v. i.) To adopt the opinion of Plato or his followers. -- Milner.
Platonize (v. t.) To explain by, or accomodate to, the Platonic philosophy. -- Enfield.
Platonizer (n.) One who Platonizes.
Platoon (n.) (Mil.) Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square.
Platoon (n.) (Mil.) Now, in the United States service, half of a company.
Platoon (n.) A military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant.
Platoon (n.) A team of policemen working under the military platoon system.
Platoon (n.) A group of persons who are engaged in a common activity; "platoons of tourists poured out of the busses"; "the defensive platoon of the football team."
Platt (n.) (Mining) See Lodge, n. -- Raymond.
Compare: Lodge
Lodge (n.) A shelter in which one may rest; as:
Lodge (n.) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge. -- Chaucer.
Their lodges and their tentis up they gan bigge [to build]. -- Robert of Brunne.
O for a lodge in some vast wilderness! -- Cowper.
Lodge (n.) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate. -- Shak.
Lodge (n.) A den or cave.
Lodge (n.) The meeting room of an association; hence, the regularly constituted body of members which meets there; as, a masonic lodge.
Lodge (n.) The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
Lodge (n.) (Mining) The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- called also platt. -- Raymond.
Lodge (n.) A collection of objects lodged together.
The Maldives, a famous lodge of islands. -- De Foe.
Lodge (n.) A family of North American Indians, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, -- as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals.
Lodge gate, A park gate, or entrance gate, near the lodge. See Lodge, n., 1 (b) .
Compare: German
German (n.; pl. Germans) A native or one of the people of Germany.
German (n.; pl. Germans) The German language.
German (n.; pl. Germans) A round dance, often with a waltz movement, abounding in capriciosly involved figures.
German (n.; pl. Germans) A social party at which the german is danced.
High German, The Teutonic dialect of Upper or Southern Germany, -- comprising Old High German, used from the 8th to the 11th century; Middle H. G., from the 12th to the 15th century; and Modern or New H. G., the language of Luther's Bible version and of modern German literature.
The dialects of Central Germany, the basis of the modern literary language, are often called Middle German, and the Southern German dialects Upper German; but High German is also used to cover both groups.
Low German, The language of Northern Germany and the Netherlands, -- including Friesic; Anglo-Saxon or Saxon; Old Saxon; Dutch or Low Dutch, with its dialect, Flemish; and Plattdeutsch (called also Low German), spoken in many dialects.
Plattdeutsch (n.) The modern dialects spoken in the north of Germany, taken collectively; modern Low German. See Low German, under German.
Plattdeutsch (n.) A German dialect spoken in northern Germany [syn: Low German, Plattdeutsch].
Platten (a.) (Glass Making) To flatten and make into sheets or plates; as, to platten cylinder glass.
Platter (n.) One who plats or braids.
Platter (n.) A large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is brought to the table.
The attendants . . . speedly brought in several large, smoking platters, filled with huge pieces of beef. -- Sir W. Scott.
Platter (n.) A large shallow dish used for serving food.
Platter (n.) Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter].
Platter-faced (a.) Having a broad, flat face.
Platting (n.) Plaited strips or bark, cane, straw, etc., used for making hats or the like.
Platy (a.) Like a plate; consisting of plates.
Platy- () A combining form from Gr. platy`s broad, wide, flat; as, platypus, platycephalous. Platycephalic
Platy (n.) Small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish [syn: platy, Platypoecilus maculatus].
Platycephalic (a.) Alt. of Platycephalous.
Platycephalous (a.) (Anat.) Broad-headed.
Platycnemic (a.) (Anat.) Of, relating to, or characterized by, platycnemism.
Platycnemism (n.) (Anat.) Lateral flattening of the tibia.
Platycoelian (a.) (Anat.) Flat at the anterior and concave at the posterior end; -- said of the centra of the vertebrae of some extinct dinouaurs.
Platyelminthes (n. pl.) (Zool.) A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also flatworms.
Platyhelmia (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) Same as Platyelminthes. [Written also Platyelmia.]
Platymeter (n.) (Elec.) An apparatus for measuring the capacity of condensers, or the inductive capacity of dielectrics.
Platypod (n.) (Zool.) An animal having broad feet, or a broad foot.
Platypoda (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) Same as Prosobranchiata.
Platyptera (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Pseudoneuroptera including the species which have four broad, flat wings, as the termites, or white-ants, and the stone flies ({Perla).
Platypus (n.) (Zool.) The duck mole. See under Duck.
Syn: Duck Mole, duckbill, duck-bill platypus, duck-billed platypus.
Compare: Duck
Duck (n.) (Zool.) 鴨 [C] Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family Anatid[ae].
Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former are the common domestic duck ({Anas boschas); the wood duck ({Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of China ({Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck, originally of South America ({Cairina moschata). Among the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
Compare: Anatinae
Anatinae (n.) 鴨亞科 The Anatinae are a subfamily of the family Anatidae (swans, geese and ducks). Its surviving members are the dabbling ducks, which feed mainly at the surface rather than by diving. The other members of the Anatinae are the extinct moa-nalo, a young but highly apomorphic lineage derived from the dabbling ducks.
Duck (n.) A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be trod. -- Milton.
Bombay duck (Zool.), A fish. See Bummalo.
Buffel duck, Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
Duck ant (Zool.), A species of white ant in Jamaica which builds large nests in trees.
Duck barnacle. (Zool.) See Goose barnacle.
Duck hawk. (Zool.) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
Duck hawk. (Zool.) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
Duck mole (Zool.), A small aquatic mammal of Australia, having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck ({Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus, mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets; hence: To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably.
Lame duck. See under Lame.
Platypus (n.) Small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet; only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae [syn: platypus, duckbill, duckbilled platypus, duck-billed platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus].
Platyrhine (a.) (Anat.) Having the nose broad; -- opposed to leptorhine.
Platyrhine (n.) One of the Platyrhini.
Platyrhine (a.) Of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses [syn: platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhinic, broadnosed] [ant: catarrhine, catarrhinian, leptorhine, leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic].
Platyrhini (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of monkeys, including the American species, which have a broad nasal septum, thirty-six teeth, and usually a prehensile tail. See Monkey. [Written also Platyrrhini.]
Plaud (v. t.) To applaud. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Plaudit (n.) （常複數）拍手喝采；讚美 A mark or expression of applause; praise bestowed.
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng. -- Longfellow.
Syn: Acclamation; applause; encomium; commendation; approbation; approval.
Plaudit (n.) Enthusiastic approval; "the book met with modest acclaim"; "he acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd"; "they gave him more eclat than he really deserved" [syn: acclaim, acclamation, plaudits, plaudit, eclat].
Plauditory (a.) Applauding; commending.
Plausibility (n.) Something worthy of praise. [Obs.]
Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities. -- E. Vaughan.
Plausibility (n.) The quality of being plausible; speciousness.
To give any plausibility to a scheme. -- De Quincey.
Plausibility (n.) Anything plausible or specious. -- R. Browning.
Plausibility (n.) Apparent validity [syn: plausibility, plausibleness] [ant: implausibility, implausibleness].
Plausible (a.) 似真實的，似合理的，說得煞有其事的，巧嘴的 Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hacket.
Plausible (a.) Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion. "Plausible and popular arguments." -- Clarendon.
Plausible (a.) Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker.
Syn: Plausible, Specious.
Usage: Plausible denotes that which seems reasonable, yet leaves distrust in the judgment. Specious describes that which presents a fair appearance to the view and yet covers something false. Specious refers more definitely to the act or purpose of false representation; plausible has more reference to the effect on the beholder or hearer. An argument may by specious when it is not plausible because its sophistry is so easily discovered.
Plausible (a.) Apparently reasonable and valid, and truthful; "a plausible excuse" [ant: implausible].
Plausible (a.) Given to or characterized by presenting specious arguments; "a plausible liar."
Plausible (a.) (C2) 貌似真實（或可信）的 Seeming likely to be true, or able to be believed.
// A plausible explanation/ excuse.
Plausible (a.) (Disapproving) 花言巧語的，舌燦蓮花的 A plausible person appears to be honest and telling the truth, even if they are not.
// A plausible salesman.
Plausibleize (v. t.) To render plausible. [R.]
Plausibleness (n.) Quality of being plausible.
Plausibleness (n.) Apparent validity [syn: plausibility, plausibleness] [ant: implausibility, implausibleness].
Plausibly (adv.) In a plausible manner.
Plausibly (adv.) Contentedly, readily. [Obs.]
The Romans plausibly did give consent. -- Shak.
Plausibly (adv.) Easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election" [syn: credibly, believably, plausibly, probably] [ant: implausibly, improbably, incredibly, unbelievably].
Plausive (a.) Applauding; manifesting praise. -- Young.
Plausive (a.) Plausible, specious. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Plausive (a.) Expressing or manifesting praise or approval;
"approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod" [syn: approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive].
Played (imp. & p. p.) of Play.
Playing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Play.
Play (n.) To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
As Cannace was playing in her walk. -- Chaucer.
The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play! -- Pope.
And some, the darlings of their Lord, Play smiling with the flame and sword. -- Keble.
Play (n.) To act with levity or thoughtlessness; to trifle; to be careless. "Nay," quod this monk, "I have no lust to pleye." -- Chaucer.
Men are apt to play with their healths. -- Sir W. Temple.
Play (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes.
Play (n.) To perform on an instrument of music; as, to play on a flute.
One that . . . can play well on an instrument. -- Ezek. xxxiii. 32.
Play, my friend, and charm the charmer. -- Granville.
Play (n.) To act; to behave; to practice deception.
His mother played false with a smith. -- Shak.
Play (n.) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion; to operate; to act; as, the fountain plays.
The heart beats, the blood circulates, the lungs play. -- Cheyne.
Play (n.) To move gayly; to wanton; to disport.
Even as the waving sedges play with wind. -- Shak.
The setting sun Plays on their shining arms and burnished helmets. -- Addison.
All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. -- Pope.
Play (n.) To act on the stage; to personate a character.
A lord will hear your play to-night. -- Shak.
Courts are theaters where some men play. -- Donne.
To play into a person's hands, To act, or to manage matters, to his advantage or benefit.
To play off, To affect; to feign; to practice artifice.
To play upon. (a) To make sport of; to deceive.
Art thou alive? Or is it fantasy that plays upon our eyesight. -- Shak.
To play upon. (b) To use in a droll manner; to give a droll expression or application to; as, to play upon words.
Play (v. t.) To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump.
First Peace and Silence all disputes control,
Then Order plays the soul. -- Herbert.
Play (v. t.) To perform music upon; as, to play the flute or the organ.
Play (v. t.) To perform, as a piece of music, on an instrument; as, to play a waltz on the violin.
Play (v. t.) To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute; as, to play tricks.
Nature here Wantoned as in her prime, and played at will Her virgin fancies. -- Milton.
Play (v. t.) To act or perform (a play); to represent in music action; as, to play a comedy; also, to act in the character of; to represent by acting; to simulate; to behave like; as, to play King Lear; to play the woman.
Thou canst play the rational if thou wilt. -- Sir W. Scott.
Play (v. t.) To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball.
Play (v. t.) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
To play hob, To play the part of a mischievous spirit; to work mischief.
To play off, To display; to show; to put in exercise; as, to play off tricks.
To play one's cards, To manage one's means or opportunities; to contrive.
Played out, Tired out; exhausted; at the end of one's resources. [Colloq.]
Play (n.) Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols.
Play (n.) Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game.
John naturally loved rough play. -- Arbuthnot.
Play (n.) The act or practice of contending for victory, amusement, or a prize, as at dice, cards, or billiards; gaming; as, to lose a fortune in play.
Play (n.) Action; use; employment; exercise; practice; as, fair play; sword play; a play of wit. "The next who comes in play." -- Dryden.
Play (n.) A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in which characters are represented by dialogue and action.
A play ought to be a just image of human nature. -- Dryden.
Play (n.) The representation or exhibition of a comedy or tragedy; as, he attends ever play.
Play (n.) Performance on an instrument of music.
Play (n.) Motion; movement, regular or irregular; as, the play of a wheel or piston; hence, also, room for motion; free and easy action. "To give them play, front and rear." -- Milton.
The joints are let exactly into one another, that they have no play between them. -- Moxon.
Play (n.) Hence, liberty of acting; room for enlargement or display; scope; as, to give full play to mirth.
Play actor, An actor of dramas. -- Prynne.
Play debt, A gambling debt. -- Arbuthnot.
Play pleasure, Idle amusement. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
A play upon words, The use of a word in such a way as to be capable of double meaning; punning.
Play of colors, prismatic variation of colors.
To bring into play, To come into play, to bring or come into use or exercise.
To hold in play, To keep occupied or employed.
I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. -- Macaulay.
Play (n.) A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway" [syn: play, drama, dramatic play].
Play (n.) A theatrical performance of a drama; "the play lasted two hours."
Play (n.) A preset plan of action in team sports; "the coach drew up the plays for her team."
Play (n.) A deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop" [syn: maneuver, manoeuvre, play].
Play (n.) A state in which action is feasible; "the ball was still in play"; "insiders said the company's stock was in play."
Play (n.) Utilization or exercise; "the play of the imagination."
Play (n.) An attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" [syn: bid, play].
Play (n.) Activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child" [syn: play, child's play].
Play (n.) (In games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" [syn: playing period, period of play, play].
Play (n.) The removal of constraints; "he gave free rein to his impulses"; "they gave full play to the artist's talent" [syn: free rein, play].
Play (n.) A weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water" [syn: shimmer, play].
Play (n.) Verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport" [syn: fun, play, sport].
Play (n.) Movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel" [syn: looseness, play] [ant: tautness, tightness].
Play (n.) Gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly" [syn: play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper].
Play (n.) (Game) The activity of doing something in an agreed succession; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" [syn: turn, play].
Play (n.) The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table" [syn: gambling, gaming, play].
Play (n.) The act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully [syn: play, swordplay].
Play (v.) Participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches."
Play (v.) 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."
Play (v.) Play on an instrument; "The band played all night long."
Play (v.) Play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master" [syn: act, play, represent].
Play (v.) 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."
Play (v.) Replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully" [syn: play, spiel].
Play (v.) Perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?"
Play (v.) Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad" [syn: act, play, act as].
Play (v.) Move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly; "The spotlights played on the politicians."
Play (v.) Bet or wager (money); "He played $20 on the new horse"; "She plays the races."
Play (v.) Engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion; "On weekends I play"; "The students all recreate alike" [syn: play, recreate].
Play (v.) Pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; "Let's play like I am mommy"; "Play cowboy and Indians."
Play (v.) Emit recorded sound; "The tape was playing for hours"; "the stereo was playing Beethoven when I entered."
Play (v.) Perform on a certain location; "The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16"; "She has been playing on Broadway for years."
Play (v.) Put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game; "He is playing his cards close to his chest"; "The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory."
Play (v.) Engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" [syn: play, toy].
Play (v.) Behave in a certain way; "play safe"; "play it safe"; "play fair."
Play (v.) Cause to emit recorded audio or video; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "I'll play you my favorite record"; "He never tires of playing that video" [syn: play, run].
Play (v.) Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination; "She played nervously with her wedding ring"; "Don't fiddle with the screws"; "He played with the idea of running for the Senate" [syn: toy, fiddle, diddle, play].
Play (v.) Use to one's advantage; "She plays on her clients' emotions."
Play (v.) Consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [syn: dally, trifle, play].
Play (v.) 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."
Play (v.) Behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection" [syn: dally, toy, play, flirt].
Play (v.) Cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space; "The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack."
Play (v.) Perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'" [syn: act, play, roleplay, playact].
Play (v.) Be performed or presented for public viewing; "What's playing in the local movie theater?"; "`Cats' has been playing on Broadway for many years."
Play (v.) Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; "I cannot work a miracle"; "wreak havoc"; "bring comments"; "play a joke"; "The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area" [syn: bring, work, play, wreak, make for].
Play (v.) Discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream; "play water from a hose"; "The fountains played all day."
Play (v.) Make bets; "Play the races"; "play the casinos in Trouville."
Play (v.) Stake on the outcome of an issue; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse" [syn: bet, wager, play].
Play (v.) Shoot or hit in a particular manner; "She played a good backhand last night."
Play (v.) Use or move; "I had to play my queen."
Play (v.) Employ in a game or in a specific position; "They played him on first base."
Play (v.) Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" [syn: meet, encounter, play, take on].
Play (v.) Exhaust by allowing to pull on the line; "play a hooked fish."
PLAY, () A language for real-time music synthesis. 1977.
["An Introduction to the Play Program", J. Chadabe ete al, Computer Music J 2,1 (1978)]. (1999-06-04)
Playa (n.) [Sp.] A beach; a strand; in the plains and deserts of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, a broad, level spot, on which subsequently becomes dry by evaporation. -- Bartlett.
Playbill (n.) A printed programme of a play, with the parts assigned to the actors.
Playbill (n.) A theatrical program; "he couldn't find her name on the playbill."
Playbook (n.) A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play. -- Swift.
Playbook (n.) A notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team).
Playbook (n.) A book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays; "the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene."
Playbook (n.) A scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign; "they borrowed a page from the playbook of the opposition."
Playday (n.) A day given to play or diversion; a holiday. -- Swift.
Playday (n.) Time for play or diversion [syn: playtime, playday].
Player (n.) One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler. -- Shak.
Player (n.) One who plays any game.
Player (n.) A dramatic actor. -- Shak.
Player (n.) One who plays on an instrument of music. "A cunning player on a harp." -- 1 Sam. xvi. 16.
Player (n.) A gamester; a gambler.
Player (n.) A person who participates in or is skilled at some game [syn: player, participant].
Player (n.) Someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) [syn: musician, instrumentalist, player]
Player (n.) A theatrical performer [syn: actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player].
Player (n.) A person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously.
Player (n.) An important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a major player in setting up the corporation."
Playfellow (n.) A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate. -- Shak.
Playfellow (n.) A companion at play [syn: playmate, playfellow].
Playfere (n.) A playfellow. [Obs.] [Also, playfeer, playphere.] -- Holinsheld.
Playful (a.) 愛玩耍的，嬉戲的；開玩笑的，不當真的 Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer. -- Play"ful*ly, adv. -- Play"ful*ness, n.
Playful (a.) Full of fun and high spirits; "playful children just let loose from school" [ant: serious, sober, unplayful].
Playgame (n.) 兒戲；遊戲 Play of children. -- Locke.
Playgoer (n.) 愛看戲的人；戲迷 One who frequents playhouses, or attends dramatic performances.
Playgoer (n.) Someone who attends the theater [syn: playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer].
Playgoing (a.) 看戲的 Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public.
Playgoing (n.) 看戲；觀劇 The practice of going to plays.
Playground (n.) [C]（學校的）操場，運動場；（兒童）遊樂場，遊樂地，度假勝地；活動場所；樂於從事的活動 A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.
Playground (n.) An area where many people go for recreation [syn: resort area, playground, vacation spot].
Playground (n.) Yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play.
Playground, () A visual language for children, developed for Apple's Vivariu Project. OOPSLA 89 or 90?
Playhouse (n.) 劇場，戲院；【美】兒童遊戲館；玩具房屋 A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater. -- Shak.
Playhouse (n.) A house for children to play in; a toyhouse.
Playhouse (n.) Plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of [syn: playhouse, wendy house].
Playing () a. & vb. n. of Play.
Playing cards. 紙牌 See under Card.
Playing (n.) The act of playing a musical instrument.
Playing (n.) The action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation.
Playing (n.) The performance of a part or role in a drama [syn: acting, playing, playacting, performing].
Playmaker (n.) A playwright. [R.]
Playmaker (n.) 【體】主控球員 A player in a team sport who leads attacks or maneuvers in such a way that a teammate can score.
Playmate (n.) A companion in diversions; a playfellow.
Playmate (n.) A companion at play [syn: playmate, playfellow].
Playoff (n.) Any final competition to determine a championship.
Playoff (n.) [ C usually singular ] （平局後的）加時賽，延長賽，加賽 An extra game or period of play in a competition played between teams or competitors who both have the same number of points, in order to decide who wins the competition.
Playsome (a.) Playful; wanton; sportive. [R.] -- R. Browning. -- Play"some*ness, n. [R.]
Playte (n.) (Naut.) See Pleyt.
Playte, () 16 bits, by analogy with nybble and byte. Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also dynner and crumb. General discussion of such terms is under nybble.
Playte, () 16 bits, by analogy with byte.
Usage: rare and extremely silly.
See also dynner, crumb. [{Jargon File] (1997-12-03)
Plaything (n.) A thing to play with; a toy; anything that serves to amuse.
A child knows his nurse, and by degrees the playthings of a little more advanced age. -- Locke.
Plaything (n.) An artifact designed to be played with [syn: plaything, toy].
Playtime (n.) Time for play or diversion.
Playtime (n.) Time for play or diversion [syn: playtime, playday].
Playwright (n.) 劇作家 A maker or adapter of plays.
Playwright (n.) Someone who writes plays [syn: dramatist, playwright].
Playwriter (n.) 劇作家 A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. -- Lecky.
Plaza (n.) 【西】廣場；市場；購物中心；步行街 A public square in a city or town.
Plaza (n.) A public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" [syn: plaza, place, piazza].
Plaza (n.) Mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls" [syn: plaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre].
Plaza, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
Population (2000): 167
Housing Units (2000): 115
Land area (2000): 1.122876 sq. miles (2.908236 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.012702 sq. miles (0.032897 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.135578 sq. miles (2.941133 sq. km)
FIPS code: 62980
Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location: 48.024807 N, 101.960556 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 58771
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Plea (n.) 請求，懇求 [C] [（+for）] [+to-v]；藉口，託辭 [the S] [（+of）] [+that] (Law) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why the suit should be either dismissed, delayed, or barred. In criminal practice, the plea is the defendant's formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him.