present participle of play

To pretend to be a different person while playing a game. / To do something in a manner that lacks seriousness, commitment, or professionalism. / (archaic) To play (a game).

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: play with. / (transitive) To fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.

(theater) Action carried on aside, commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds; action not intended to be observed by some of the persons present.

As a joke. / In operation, active, currently valid. / (sports) Available to be played according to the rules of the game in question; within the boundaries of the pitch etc.

Playing, in the process of playing. / (figuratively) In action.

present participle of play on

To act in a way most suitable to; to act in a way that best brings out (a quality, condition, etc.). / To act in order to gain the attention or admiration of.

present participle of play with

simple past tense and past participle of play