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UNDERPLAY
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they underplay ... he / she / it underplays
Past simple: underplayed
Past participle: underplayed
-ing form: underplaying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Play a card lower than (a held high card)
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "underplay" is one way to...):
play (bet or wager (money))
Domain category:
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Act (a role) with great restraint
Synonyms:
underact; underplay
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "underplay" is one way to...):
act; play; playact; roleplay (perform on a stage or theater)
Domain category:
dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
