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Definitions of 'game' Wordnet 

1. (noun) game
a contest with rules to determine a winner
"you need four people to play this game"

2. (noun) game
a single play of a sport or other contest
"the game lasted two hours"

3. (noun) game
an amusement or pastime
"they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"

4. (noun) game
animal hunted for food or sport

5. (noun) game
(tennis) a division of play during which one player serves

6. (noun) game
(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
"the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game"

7. (noun) game
the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

8. (noun) plot, secret plan, game
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
"they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"

9. (noun) game
the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
"the child received several games for his birthday"

10. (noun) game, biz
your occupation or line of work
"he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"

11. (adj) game
frivolous or trifling behavior
"for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"

12. (adj) crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game
disabled in the feet or legs
"a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

13. (verb) game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky
willing to face danger

14. (verb) bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt
place a bet on
"Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"


Definitions of 'game' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (adj) game
having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky

2. (adj) game
of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting

3. (noun) game
crooked; lame; as, a game leg

4. (noun) game
to rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative

5. (noun) game
to play at any sport or diversion

6. (noun) game
to play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble

7. (verb) game
sport of any kind; jest, frolic

8. (verb) game
a contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc

9. (verb) game
the use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards

10. (verb) game
that which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game

11. (verb) game
in some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest

12. (verb) game
a scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project

13. (verb) game
animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table


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