Play and Verse

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Play noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

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Verse and play are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Verse" instead a noun "Play".

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

Verse noun - A composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect.

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Play and verse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Play" instead a noun "Verse".

Nearby Words: version, versification, versing

old	old play	old verse
full	full play	full verse
normal	normal play	normal verse
short	short play	short verse
Other adjectives: regular, standard, original, single, actual, entire, big, little, lost, main, new, final, classic, next, last, different, extended, previous.

play time

verse time

After that, he might say, 'Then there's this part,' and play them the bridge, and follow this with 'And then there's this part,' and play them a verse.

Source: Enforced Method Acting
A Kermit the Frog-themed parody of Five For Fighting's "Superman" that opens with the verse: "I can't stand to swim / Swamp soaks right through me / I'm not amphibian / I just play one on TV."

Source: I'm Not a Doctor, but I Play One on TV
The latest developments in the Stargate-verse put this trope into play in the Milky Way.

Source: One-Federation Limit

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