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noun(pla-ya)the flat-floored bottom of an undrained desert basin that becomes at times a shallow lake
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noun(pla-ya)one that plays: such as
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noun(pla-ya)a person who plays a game
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noun(pla-ya)a person who plays a musical instrument
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verb(pla-ya)to engage in sport or recreation : frolic
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verb(pla-ya)to have sexual relations; especially : to have promiscuous or illicit sexual relations —usually used in the phrase play around
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verb(pla-ya)to move aimlessly about : trifle
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idiom(pla-ya)to engage in behavior that is like the way a cat chases a mouse or plays with a mouse before killing it —used especially to describe behavior in which someone says or does different things to deceive or control other people, to avoid being caught, etc.
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idiom(pla-ya)to be involved in : to be a factor in
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idiom(pla-ya)to deceive (someone)