different between playing vs tramline

English

Etymology

From Middle English playing; equivalent to play +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ple?.??/
• Rhymes: -e???

Noun

playing (plural playings)

1. (gerund of play) An occasion on which something, such as a song or show, is played.

Verb

playing

1. present participle of play

Anagrams

• plygain

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pleiingue, pleying, pleing, pleyynge, playinge, pleyinge, pleiing, plawyng, pleiyng, pleyenge

Etymology

From pleyen +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pl?i?in?/, /?pl?i??n?/, /pl?i?n?/

Noun

playing (plural playinges)

1. playing, having fun, entertainment, revelry.
2. The playing of a game or sport; ludic entertainment.
3. The participation or running of a play or performance.
4. (rare) The duration something is boiling for.
5. (rare) comedy, humour.

Descendants

• English: playing

References

• “pleiinge, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.

Adverb

playing

1. (rare) jestfully

References

• “pleiinge, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-20.

English

Alternative forms

• tram line

Etymology

tram +? line

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?æmla?n/

Noun

tramline (plural tramlines)

1. (rail transport) The rails that a tram runs on.
2. (tennis, Britain) Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on a tennis court which mark the outside of the singles and doubles playing areas.
3. (film) A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames.
   • 1984, Movie Maker, Volume 18, Issue 2, page 47:

     The tramline is therefore much less obvious on the screen. Also, if the scratch is on the base (i.e., on the back of the film), then it will not be in sharp focus.

Translations

Anagrams

• terminal, trailmen