play the board in English

Forms: plays the board [present, singular, third-person], playing the board [participle, present], played the board [participle, past], played the board [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} play the board (third-person singular simple present plays the board, present participle playing the board, simple past and past participle played the board)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "plays the board",
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "played the board",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "played the board",
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Poker",
          "orig": "en:Poker",
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            "Gambling",
            "Games",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have as one's best hand the communal cards on the board. A player in such a situation can only achieve a split pot, since all the other players can also play the board."
      ],
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        ],
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          "hand",
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poker) To have as one's best hand the communal cards on the board. A player in such a situation can only achieve a split pot, since all the other players can also play the board."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "poker"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "play the board"
}

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    {
      "form": "plays the board",
      "tags": [
        "present",
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    {
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "played the board",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "played the board",
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        "past"
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        "To have as one's best hand the communal cards on the board. A player in such a situation can only achieve a split pot, since all the other players can also play the board."
      ],
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          "poker"
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        "(poker) To have as one's best hand the communal cards on the board. A player in such a situation can only achieve a split pot, since all the other players can also play the board."
      ],
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        "card-games",
        "poker"
      ]
    }
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}

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"play the board" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms