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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. function as or act like;
- Example: "This heap of stones will act as a barrier"

2. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind;
- Example: "He acted the idiot"
- Example: "She plays deaf when the news are bad"
[syn: act, play, act as]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

act as
    v 1: function as or act like; "This heap of stones will act as a
         barrier"
    2: pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; "He acted
       the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad" [syn:
       act, play, act as]