What are all of the definitions of play?

verb

1.

engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose.

"the children were playing by a pool"

2.

take part in (a sport).

"I play squash and badminton"

noun

1.

activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children.

"a child at play may use a stick as an aeroplane"

2.

the conducting of a sporting match.

"rain wrecked the second day's play"

what is life

explanation:

in   ¨and yet the books¨   by czelaw miloz the tone is positive since it tells us that when we touch a book, it starts to live and the perspective is in the third person and turns once into the first person. in "the rhinoceros" by eugene ionesco the tone is illogical and absurd   and the perspective is in the third person since it is a play.