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Phonetic Respelling: [ ik-spleyn ]

Definition: Play

v. to make plain or understandable

Sentence: Play Play

The teacher will explain the rules of the game.

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The teacher will explain the rules of the game.

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What event in Luke's past helps explain his behavior?

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Synonyms: Play

clarify; spell out; expound

Antonyms: Play

confuse; obscure

How many syllables in explain?

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Explain rhymes:

  • One Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear aine aine
    • Hear ayn ayn
    • Hear bain bain
    • Hear baine baine
    • Hear bane bane
    • Hear bayne bayne
    • Hear blain blain
    • Hear blaine blaine
    • Hear blane blane
    • Hear blayne blayne
    • Hear brain brain
    • Hear cain cain
    • Hear caine caine
    • Hear cane cane
    • Hear cayne cayne
    • Hear chain chain
    • Hear cheyne cheyne
    • Hear crain crain
    • Hear craine craine
    • Hear crane crane
    • Hear crayne crayne
    • Hear dain dain
    • Hear dane dane
    • Hear dayne dayne
    • Hear deign deign
    • Hear drain drain
    • Hear draine draine
    • Hear drane drane
    • Hear duan duan
    • Hear duane duane
    • Hear dwayne dwayne
    • Hear fain fain
    • Hear fane fane
    • Hear fayne fayne
    • Hear feign feign
    • Hear fein fein
    • Hear frain frain
    • Hear fraine fraine
    • Hear frane frane
    • Hear frayn frayn
    • Hear frayne frayne
    • Hear frein frein
    • Hear freyne freyne
    • Hear gain gain
    • Hear grain grain
    • Hear grein grein
    • Hear hahne hahne
    • Hear hain hain
    • Hear hane hane
    • Hear hayn hayn
    • Hear hayne hayne
    • Hear heyn heyn
    • Hear heyne heyne
    • Hear jain jain
    • Hear jane jane
    • Hear jayne jayne
    • Hear kain kain
    • Hear kaine kaine
    • Hear kane kane
    • Hear kayne kayne
    • Hear krain krain
    • Hear krane krane
    • Hear krein krein
    • Hear lain lain
    • Hear laine laine
    • Hear lane lane
    • Hear layne layne
    • Hear ln ln
    • Hear main main
    • Hear maine maine
    • Hear mane mane
    • Hear mayne mayne
    • Hear meyn meyn
    • Hear paign paign
    • Hear pain pain
    • Hear paine paine
    • Hear pane pane
    • Hear payne payne
    • Hear plain plain
    • Hear plane plane
    • Hear quain quain
    • Hear rain rain
    • Hear raine raine
    • Hear rayne rayne
    • Hear reign reign
    • Hear rein rein
    • Hear reine reine
    • Hear sain sain
    • Hear saine saine
    • Hear sane sane
    • Hear shain shain
    • Hear shaine shaine
    • Hear shane shane
    • Hear shayne shayne
    • Hear slain slain
    • Hear slaine slaine
    • Hear slane slane
    • Hear spain spain
    • Hear splain splain
    • Hear splaine splaine
    • Hear sprain sprain
    • Hear stain stain
    • Hear strain strain
    • Hear swain swain
    • Hear swaine swaine
    • Hear swayne swayne
    • Hear thain thain
    • Hear thaine thaine
    • Hear thane thane
    • Hear thayne thayne
    • Hear train train
    • Hear trane trane
    • Hear twain twain
    • Hear vain vain
    • Hear vane vane
    • Hear vein vein
    • Hear veyne veyne
    • Hear vrain vrain
    • Hear wain wain
    • Hear wane wane
    • Hear wayne wayne
    • Hear zane zane
  • Two Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear abstain abstain
    • Hear again again
    • Hear ahlen ahlen
    • Hear alain alain
    • Hear alaine alaine
    • Hear alane alane
    • Hear alayne alayne
    • Hear allain allain
    • Hear amain amain
    • Hear arcane arcane
    • Hear arraign arraign
    • Hear attain attain
    • Hear bahrain bahrain
    • Hear beauchaine beauchaine
    • Hear biscayne biscayne
    • Hear brattain brattain
    • Hear buntain buntain
    • Hear butane butane
    • Hear campaign campaign
    • Hear champagne champagne
    • Hear champaign champaign
    • Hear champlain champlain
    • Hear charlayne charlayne
    • Hear charmain charmain
    • Hear charmaine charmaine
    • Hear chastain chastain
    • Hear cocaine cocaine
    • Hear complain complain
    • Hear constrain constrain
    • Hear contain contain
    • Hear costain costain
    • Hear courchaine courchaine
    • Hear dahrain dahrain
    • Hear decrane decrane
    • Hear defrain defrain
    • Hear delaine delaine
    • Hear demain demain
    • Hear deschaine deschaine
    • Hear despain despain
    • Hear detain detain
    • Hear devane devane
    • Hear dewayne dewayne
    • Hear disdain disdain
    • Hear domain domain
    • Hear domaine domaine
    • Hear duchaine duchaine
    • Hear dufrane dufrane
    • Hear dumaine dumaine
    • Hear duquesne duquesne
    • Hear dushane dushane
    • Hear duwayne duwayne
    • Hear elaine elaine
    • Hear elane elane
    • Hear elayne elayne
    • Hear fontaine fontaine
    • Hear fountaine fountaine
    • Hear galane galane
    • Hear germain germain
    • Hear germaine germaine
    • Hear germane germane
    • Hear helane helane
    • Hear hossain hossain
    • Hear humane humane
    • Hear hussain hussain
    • Hear hussein hussein
    • Hear iain iain
    • Hear inane inane
    • Hear ingrain ingrain
    • Hear insane insane
    • Hear jermaine jermaine
    • Hear jyishane jyishane
    • Hear kahane kahane
    • Hear laraine laraine
    • Hear lehane lehane
    • Hear lennane lennane
    • Hear lorain lorain
    • Hear loraine loraine
    • Hear lorraine lorraine
    • Hear maclaine maclaine
    • Hear maclean maclean
    • Hear maintain maintain
    • Hear mcbain mcbain
    • Hear mcbane mcbane
    • Hear mccain mccain
    • Hear mccane mccane
    • Hear mcclain mcclain
    • Hear mcclaine mcclaine
    • Hear mcclane mcclane
    • Hear mcgrain mcgrain
    • Hear mcgrane mcgrane
    • Hear mcguane mcguane
    • Hear mckain mckain
    • Hear mckane mckane
    • Hear mclain mclain
    • Hear mclane mclane
    • Hear mclean mclean
    • Hear mcquain mcquain
    • Hear mcshane mcshane
    • Hear mcswain mcswain
    • Hear mcwain mcwain
    • Hear morain morain
    • Hear moraine moraine
    • Hear mundane mundane
    • Hear mustain mustain
    • Hear obtain obtain
    • Hear ordain ordain
    • Hear partain partain
    • Hear pertain pertain
    • Hear profane profane
    • Hear refrain refrain
    • Hear regain regain
    • Hear remain remain
    • Hear restrain restrain
    • Hear retain retain
    • Hear retrain retrain
    • Hear rogaine rogaine
    • Hear romain romain
    • Hear romaine romaine
    • Hear ruane ruane
    • Hear sartain sartain
    • Hear serbaine serbaine
    • Hear spokane spokane
    • Hear sustain sustain
    • Hear sylvain sylvain
    • Hear terrain terrain
    • Hear tirane tirane
    • Hear torain torain
    • Hear tremaine tremaine
    • Hear tulane tulane
    • Hear ukraine ukraine
    • Hear uptain uptain
    • Hear urbain urbain
    • Hear urbane urbane
    • Hear yeargain yeargain
  • Three Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear aquitaine aquitaine
    • Hear ascertain ascertain
    • Hear entertain entertain
    • Hear inhumane inhumane
    • Hear lafountain lafountain
    • Hear lafountaine lafountaine
    • Hear lamontagne lamontagne
    • Hear overtrain overtrain
    • Hear preordain preordain
    • Hear st_germain st_germain
    • Hear st_germaine st_germaine
  • Four Syllable Rhymes
    • Hear legerdemain legerdemain

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