Keep and Play

Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Play and keep are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Play" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Play verb - To engage in activity for amusement.

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Keep and play are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

old	old keep	old play
good	good keep	good play
full	full keep	full play
normal	normal keep	normal play
Other adjectives: short, perfect, regular, original, straight, single, rough, actual, big, great, dark, main, major, dramatic, eponymous.

character	keep character	play character
man	keep man	play man
house	keep house	play house
time	keep time	play time
Other words: way, characters, world, game, levels.

This (further) confused the poor engineer who thought they ignored more major flaws like the whole "couldn't sing or play or keep in time" problem.

Source: Music / The Shaggs
A heads-up display will keep track of each player's scores and progress as they play together.

Source: Lets Play / Versus
This may have something to do with the Dreamcast's VMU coming into play, as it was used to keep the player's playing cards hidden from the other players.

Source: Keep Circulating The Tapes / Video Games

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