'Underplay' definitions:
Definition of 'underplay'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Underplay'
From: GCIDE
- Underplay \Un`der*play"\, v. i.
- 1. To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Card Playing) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Underplay'
From: GCIDE
- Underplay \Un"der*play`\, n. (Card Playing) The act of underplaying. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'underplay'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- bank the fire,
- bedwarf,
- belittle,
- blunt,
- chasten,
- constrain,
- control,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- detract from,
- diminish,
- downplay,
- dull,
- dwarf,
- extenuate,
- keep within bounds,
- lay,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- lighten,
- make light of,
- make little of,
- make nothing of,
- minify,
- minimize,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- obtund,
- palliate,
- play down,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- restrain,
- set at naught,
- set little by,
- slacken,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- stifle,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- tame,
- temper,
- think little of,
- think nothing of,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- weaken