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underplay

POS

Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)

HYPHEN

un=der=play

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb underplay has 2 senses

underplay(v = verb.creation) underact - act (a role) with great restraint;

is one way to act, play, playact, roleplay

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

underplay(v = verb.competition) - play a card lower than (a held high card);

is one way to

play

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

underplay, v. i.

To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part. [1913 Webster]
To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage. [1913 Webster]

underplay, n.

The act of underplaying. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

underplay, v.
1 tr. play down the importance of.
2 intr. & tr. Theatr. a perform with deliberate restraint. b underact.

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THESAURUS

underplay

abate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attemper, bank the fire, bedwarf, belittle, blunt, chasten, constrain, control, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, deprecate, depreciate, detract from, diminish, downplay, dull, dwarf, extenuate, keep within bounds, lay, lenify, lessen, lighten, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, minify, minimize, mitigate, moderate, modulate, obtund, palliate, play down, reduce, reduce the temperature, restrain, set at naught, set little by, slacken, slow down, smother, sober, sober down, soften, stifle, subdue, suppress, tame, temper, think little of, think nothing of, tone down, tune down, weaken