background-v
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: background
sense: 00514573-v
part of speech: verb

play down-v
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: play down
sense: 00514573-v
part of speech: verb

downplay-v
type: LexicalEntry
canonical form: downplay
sense: 00514573-v
part of speech: verb

00514573-v
type: LexicalConcept
in scheme: en-word.net
definition: understate the importance or quality of
example: he played down his royal ancestry
ili: i24286
lexfile: verb.change
part of speech: verb
hypernym: 01015376-v