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playable (oh) and name(2) (iou)


playable (oh)



a piece of ground used for Sports that is playable is in good condition and suitable for playing on
::Despite the frost, the pitch was playable.
something that is playable can be played
playable on
::The disks are playable on Home Computers.
::an old guitar that is still playable

name(2) (iou)



name verb trans.

I.
Give a name or names to (a person, place, etc.); call by a specified name. (Foll. by after, from, (now chiefly N. Amer.) for, and with a name as compl.) Freq. in pass. OE.
T. S. Eliot We named the child Barnabas. P. L. Fermor He had discovered an Indian mineral which was named after him.
Call by a specified title or epithet. Formerly also, give (a person etc.) the name of being; allege, declare, (a person or thing) to be. arch. OE.
Shelley Silence! Oh, well are Death and Sleep and Thou Three brethren named.
Call by the right name. ME.
Shakespeare Winter's Tale There is a sickness Which puts some of us in distemper; but I cannot name the disease. R. Burns I'm sure I've seen that bonie face, But yet I canna name ye.
II.
Nominate or appoint (a person) to an office, position, etc. Freq. foll. by to. OE.
Shakespeare Macbeth He is already nam'd, and gone to Scone To be invested. T. Jefferson In the meantime a consul General is named to St. Domingo.
Mention or specify by name. OE.
name and shame make public details of failure, wrongdoing, or Other shortcoming on the part of a specified person, institution, etc.
Shelley The crimes which mortal tongue dare never name. Joan Smith The man, who has not been named, was taken to police headquarters.
b. Make mention of, speak about, (a fact, circumstance, etc.); cite as an instance; state, give particulars of. M16.
Tennyson Hear The wish too strong for words to name. J. R. Green The measures we have named were only part of Henry's legislation.
c. refl. Announce one's own name. arch. L16.
Shakespeare Coriolanus Necessity Commands me name myself.
d. Of the Speaker of the House of Commons: mention (a Member of Parliament) by name as disobedient to the chair. L18.
e. Cite as co-respondent in a Divorce petition. L20.
With cognate obj.: utter, mention, (a name). Formerly also, utter (a word); say. LME.
Shakespeare 3 Henry VI What's worse than murderer, that I may name it? Defoe It is a..profane thing to name his name on slight occasions.
Specify as something desired, suggested, or decided on; appoint or fix (a sum, time, etc.). L16.
J. Wainwright I'll pay...Just name it.
Phrases: name no names refrain from naming the people involved in an incident etc. name the day arrange a date, esp. (of a woman) fix the date for one's wedding. you name it colloq. everything that you can think of is available, has been done, etc.
namea'bility noun the quality of being nameable L19.
nameable adjective (a) worthy of being named; memorable; (b) able to be named; (earlier in UNNAMEABLE): M17.
namer noun E17.