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DISPORT

Dictionary entry overview: What does disport mean?

• DISPORT (verb)
The verb DISPORT has 2 senses:

1. occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
2. play boisterously

Familiarity information: DISPORT used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DISPORT (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

amuse; disport; divert

Context example:

The play amused the ladies

Hypernyms (to "disport" is one way to...):

entertain (provide entertainment for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to disport Sue

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Play boisterously

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

cavort; skylark; run around; romp; rollick; lark about; lark; gambol; frolic; frisk; disport; sport

Context examples:

The children frolicked in the garden / the gamboling lambs in the meadows / The toddlers romped in the playroom

Hypernyms (to "disport" is one way to...):

play (be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

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