Word Finder - sports

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Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

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Something done for fun, regardless of its design or intended purpose.

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Joe was banned from getting legal help. He seemed to view lawsuits as a sport.

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A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.

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Jen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport; she laughed at the loser.

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Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.

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You're such a sport! You never get upset when we tease you.

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That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

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Mockery, making fun; derision.

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A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.

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Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.

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A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.

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A sportsman; a gambler.

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One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.

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An amorous dalliance.

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Charlie and Lisa enjoyed a bit of sport after their hike.

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(usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)

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Play; idle jingle.

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To amuse oneself, to play.

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children sporting on the green

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To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.

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Jen sports with Bill's emotions.

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To display; to have as a notable feature.

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Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes;  he was sporting a new wound from the combat

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To divert; to amuse; to make merry.

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To represent by any kind of play.

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To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.

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To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.

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To close (a door).

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To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.

He can even spout some sports trivia and Christmas carols and stuff like that.

We'd talk sports and stuff, and maybe have a beer.

The Admirable Crichton of his day, he was keen alike on field sports and the arts, the friend and admirer equally of Cecil Rhodes and of Rodin, a railway director and a yeomanry colonel.

But he was not brought forward by his father or prepared in any way for his future greatness, and lived in the country occupied with field sports, till after the institution of the second protectorate in 16J7 and the recognition of Oliver's right to name his successor.

Thankfully, he was too concerned with sports to get in any real trouble.

See Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, who also gives an illustration, "taken from a manuscriptal painting of the 9th century in the Cotton Library," representing "a Saxon chieftain, attended by his huntsman and a couple of hounds, pursuing the wild swine in a forest."

Sports scholarships program The University operates an athletic scholarship and golf bursary program for talented athletes studying at the institution.

The streams and rivers that run down the mountains are a haven for outdoor sports.

As they entered the yard, Carmen noticed Lori's little red sports car.

A park and sports ground at the western end of the town contains the pedestal for a statue of President Kruger.

The favourite object of adoration with adherents of these sects is Krishna with his mate - but not the devoted friend and counsellor of the Pandavas and deified hero of epic song, nor the ruler of Dvaraka and wedded lord of Rukmini, but the juvenile Krishna, Govinda or Bala Gopala, "the cowherd lad," the foster son of the cowherd Nanda of Gokula, taken up with his amorous sports with the Gopis, or wives of the cowherds of Vrindavana (Brindaban,near Mathura on the Yamuna), especially his favourite mistress Radha or Radhika.

After the murder of Duke Alessandro in 1537, Guicciardini espoused the cause of Cosimo de' Medici, a boy addicted to field sports, and unused to the game of statecraft.

English youths who spend their time at Eton between athletic sports and Latin verses, and who take an Ireland with a first class in "Greats" at Oxford, are pursuing the same course of physical and mental discipline as the princes of Gonzaga or Montefeltro in the 15th century.

I guess—along with other sports.

When sports are shown there is a retractable canopy in the ceiling that closes to remove any glare on the screen.

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In spite of being a mediocre athlete at best, Dean had thrived on sports.

Paul was watching his son—a parental obligation thing—he didn't really like sports.

At the restaurant, Alex whipped the car in between Josh's gray truck and Lori's little red sports car.

Under him were the several groups employed in the different branches of the exploitation and the care of the cattle and flocks, as well as those who kept or prepared the food, clothing and tools of the whole staff and those who attended on the master in the various species of rural sports.

He did perfect himself in French, and he showed no less determination to master mere sports.

He was always a man of much physical activity, fond of a horse, of field sports and games, and of yachting.

Jefferson was an expert violinist, a good singer and dancer, proficient in outdoor sports, and an excellent horseman.

Its large variety of trees and shrubs, including oak, hickory, elm, maple, chestnut, birch, ash, cedar, pine, larch and sumach, its flower gardens, a palm house, ponds, a lake of 61 acres for boating, skating and curling, a parade ground of 40 acres for other athletic sports, a menagerie, and numerous pieces of statuary, are among its objects of interest or beauty.

His education was continued by capable tutors, and he not only attained excellence in all manly sports, but became perhaps more cultured than any other prince of his age.

The public recreation grounds include the embankment and gardens between the river and the palace grounds, and there are also two well-known enclosures used for sports within the borough.

These variations have arisen chiefly through cross-breeding, though not entirely so, there being a few cases upon record of the production of "sports" from tubers that have become the parents of new varieties, but authentic cases of the sporting of tubers are few and far between.

In 1826 Davy's health, which showed signs of failure in 1823, had so declined that he could with difficulty indulge in his favourite sports of fishing and shooting, and early in 1827, after a slight attack of paralysis, he was ordered abroad.

There are fine hotels, club houses and cottages, and the Palmetto Golf Links near the city are probably the finest in the southern states; fox-hunting, polo, tennis and shooting are among the popular sports.

Before he was ten his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair; and his sleep was disturbed by dreams of fiends trying to fly away with him.

The city has parks, including Hoyt Park (27 acres), used for athletic sports, Rust Park (150 acres), occupying an island in the river, and Riverside Park, a pleasure resort.

The latter, an able, ambitious man, wishing to keep the government as much as possible in his own hands, purposely neglected the young king's education, and encouraged him in his love of pleasure, his idleness and his excessive devotion to outdoor sports.

The Aenach held annually at Tailltenn, also in Meath, was a general assembly of the people without restriction of rank, clan or country, and became the most celebrated for athletic sports, games and contests.

The laws were publicly promulgated or rehearsed; there were councils to deal with disputes and matters of local interest; popular sports such as horse-racing, running and wrestling were held; poems and tales were recited, and prizes were awarded to the best performers of every dan or art; while at the same time foreign traders came with their wares, which they exchanged for native produce, chiefly skins, wool and frieze.

It is thought that it may have been derived from the Roman Terminalia, a festival celebrated on the 22nd of February in honour of Terminus, the god of landmarks, to whom cakes and wine were offered, sports and dancing taking place at the boundaries.

Paul was watching his son—a parental obligation thing—he didn't really like sports.

When the Deans first arrived in Ouray, they weren't sure how they'd adapt to the long winters but when the first serious snow blanketed the western Colorado Mountains in early December they took up winter sports with the enthusiasm of children.

Winston, the son of a Connecticut congressman, admitted modestly after some prod­ding he was educated at Yale on a sports scholarship and had played both baseball and football for four years.

Halfway through his beer the sports argument became spirit­ed enough that Dean took the opportunity to rise and cross to the payphone behind him.

I'm passionate about sports, mainly football but also anything involving water.

Least a year derek BArch Aaron who's who of sports quot said.

Children in the Sports Pro-Active program will have their activity levels monitored using a device called an accelerometer.

On Friday 24th March, 11 talented sports people will be awarded a Hallmark Award in recognition of their sporting achievement.

Whilst the English Sports Council is funded through the UK government, the other three receive their funds through their own devolved administrations.

The Library section contains information on exercises for kickboxing, kickboxing aerobics, sports training, step aerobics and weight training.

Designs such as the military, airplanes, tourists spots, sports teams, comic characters and universities also appeared on Zippo's lighters.

Sportsmen and women therefore consume more branched-chain amino acids than anyone else, whether they engage in sports involving strength or endurance.

The majority of sports are mainly anaerobic in nature yet coaches have their athletes run 3 miles per day.

And I think team sports are probably good training for catching the antelope.

However, I suppose you don't wear sports apparel too huh?