disport
1. occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
- The play amused the ladies
• Syn:
amuse, divert
• Derivationally related forms:
diversion (for: divert), amusive (for: amuse), amusement (for: amuse)
• Hypernyms:
entertain
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to disport Sue
2. play boisterously
- The children frolicked in the garden
- the gamboling lambs in the meadows
- The toddlers romped in the playroom
• Syn:
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, sport,
cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
• Derivationally related forms:
romp (for: romp), romper (for: romp), gambol (for: gambol), sport (for: sport), lark (for: lark), frolic (for: frolic)
• Hypernyms:
play
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
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