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game
A	noun
	1	game
			a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚game ╚game of chance; gambling game ╚parlor game; parlour game ╚table game ╚card game; cards ╚child's game ╚athletic game ╚pall-mall ╚bowling ╚curling
	2	game
			a single play of a game; "the game lasted 2 hours"
		Category Tree: event ╚social event ╚contest; competition ╚game ╚cup tie ╚playoff game ╚twin bill; doubleheader; double feature ╚nightcap ╚exhibition game; practice game ╚home game ╚away game; road game
	3	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"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚diversion; recreation ╚game ╚treasure hunt ╚prisoner's base ╚ring-around-the-rosy; ring-around-a-rosy; ring-a-rosy ╚paper chase; hare and hounds ╚mind game ╚ducks and drakes ╚guessing game ╚pinball; pinball game ╚computer game; video game ╚party game ╚catch
	4	game
			frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚diversion; recreation ╚play; frolic; romp; gambol; caper ╚game
	5	game, biz
			your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚occupation; business; job; line of work; line ╚game, biz
	6	game
			animal hunted for food or sport
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna ╚game ╚game bird ╚big game
	7	game
			the game equipment needed to play a game; "the child received several games for his birthday"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚equipment ╚game equipment ╚game
	8	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"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚plan; program; programme ╚plan of action ╚scheme; strategy ╚plot, secret plan, game ╚conspiracy; cabal ╚intrigue; machination ╚counterplot; counterplan
	9	game
			the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚solid ╚food ╚meat ╚game ╚rabbit; hare ╚buffalo ╚venison
	10	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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚definite quantity ╚number ╚score ╚game
B	verb
	1	bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt
			place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
		Category Tree: compete; vie; contend ╚play ╚gamble ╚bet; wager; play ╚bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt ╚parlay; double up ╚ante
C	adjective
	1	game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky
			willing to face danger

	2	crippled, halt, halting, lame, game
			disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

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