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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted;
- Example: "the day's shopping left her exhausted"
- Example: "he went to bed dog-tired"
- Example: "was fagged and sweaty"
- Example: "the trembling of his played out limbs"
- Example: "felt completely washed-out"
- Example: "only worn-out horses and cattle"
- Example: "you look worn out"
[syn: exhausted, dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out(a), worn out(p)]

2. worn out;
- Example: "a played out deck of cards"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Play \Play\, v. t. 1. To put in action or motion; as, to play cannon upon a fortification; to play a trump. [1913 Webster] First Peace and Silence all disputes control, Then Order plays the soul. --Herbert. [1913 Webster] 2. To perform music upon; as, to play the flute or the organ. [1913 Webster] 3. To perform, as a piece of music, on an instrument; as, to play a waltz on the violin. [1913 Webster] 4. To bring into sportive or wanton action; to exhibit in action; to execute; as, to play tricks. [1913 Webster] Nature here Wantoned as in her prime, and played at will Her virgin fancies. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. To act or perform (a play); to represent in music action; as, to play a comedy; also, to act in the character of; to represent by acting; to simulate; to behave like; as, to play King Lear; to play the woman. [1913 Webster] Thou canst play the rational if thou wilt. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 6. To engage in, or go together with, as a contest for amusement or for a wager or prize; as, to play a game at baseball. [1913 Webster] 7. To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it. [1913 Webster] To play hob, to play the part of a mischievous spirit; to work mischief. To play off, to display; to show; to put in exercise; as, to play off tricks. To play one's cards, to manage one's means or opportunities; to contrive. Played out, tired out; exhausted; at the end of one's resources. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

played out adj 1: drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted; "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" [syn: exhausted, dog- tired, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, washed-out, worn-out(a), worn out(p)] 2: worn out; "a played out deck of cards"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

56 Moby Thesaurus words for "played out": all in, ausgespielt, beat, beat up, beaten, bone-weary, burned-out, bushed, dead, dead-and-alive, dead-tired, deadbeat, devitalized, disabled, dog-tired, dog-weary, done, done in, done up, drained, effete, emptied, enervated, enfeebled, eviscerated, exhausted, fagged out, far-gone, fatigued, frazzled, gone, incapacitated, jaded, knocked out, laid low, pooped, pooped out, prostrate, ready to drop, run-down, sapped, shotten, spent, tired, tired out, tired to death, tuckered out, used up, washed-up, wasted, weakened, weary unto death, whacked, wiped out, worn, worn-out