verb
- Deplete.
- usage: "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
- Perform or be performed to the end.
- usage: "How will the election drama be played out"
- synonyms: play out
- Play to a finish.
- usage: "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"
- synonyms: play out
- Become spent or exhausted.
- usage: "The champion's strength played out fast"
- synonyms: play out
adjective
- Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted.
- usage: "the day's shopping left her exhausted"; "he went to bed dog-tired"; "was fagged and sweaty"; "the trembling of his played out limbs"; "felt completely washed-out"; "only worn-out horses and cattle"; "you look worn out"
- Worn out.
- usage: "a played out deck of cards"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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