UNDERPLAY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they underplay ... he / she / it underplays

Past simple: underplayed

Past participle: underplayed

-ing form: underplaying

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

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