English to English
game
(g/eI/m
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adjective (a)
- Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.(adjective)source: webster1913
- Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a contest with rules to determine a winner(noun.act)Example:
You need four people to play this game.
source: wordnet30 - a single play of a sport or other contest(noun.act)Example:
The game lasted two hours.
source: wordnet30 - an amusement or pastime(noun.act)Example:
They played word games.
He thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time.
His life was all fun and games.
source: wordnet30 - animal hunted for food or sport(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves(noun.time)source: wordnet30
- (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win(noun.quantity)Example:
The game is 6 all.
He is serving for the game.
source: wordnet30 - the flesh of wild animals that is used for food(noun.food)source: wordnet30
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)(noun.cognition)Example:
I saw through his little game from the start.
source: wordnet30 - the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game(noun.artifact)Example:
The child received several games for his birthday.
source: wordnet30 - your occupation or line of work(noun.act)Example:
He's in the plumbing game.
source: wordnet30 - frivolous or trifling behavior(noun.act)Example:
For actors, memorizing lines is no game.
For him, life is all fun and games.
source: wordnet30 - Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
verb (v)
- To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.(verb)source: webster1913
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