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Definition of 'ply'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) ply
to work with diligently; employ busily; wield:
to ply the needle.

2.  ply
to carry on, practice, or pursue busily or steadily:
to ply a trade.

3.  ply
to assail repeatedly or persistently:
to ply horses with a whip.

4.  ply
to supply or offer something pressingly to:
to ply a person with drink.

5.  ply
to address persistently, as with questions; importune.

6.  ply
to pass over or along (a river, stream, etc.) steadily or regularly:
boats plying the Mississippi.

7. (v.i.) ply
to run or travel regularly over a fixed course or between certain places, as a boat or bus.

8.  ply
to perform one's work or office busily or steadily:
to ply with the oars.

9. (n.) ply
a thickness or layer.

10.  ply
a layer of reinforcing fabric for an automobile tire.

11.  ply
a unit of yarn:
single ply.

12.  ply
one of the sheets of veneer glued together to make plywood.

13.  ply
bent, bias, or inclination.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME plien < MF plier to fold, bend, var. of ployer, OF pleier < L plicāre to fold; see fold¹)

Definition of 'ply'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ply
one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
"three-ply cord"; "four-ply yarn"

2. (verb) ply
(usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood

3. (verb) provide, supply, ply, cater
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
"The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

4. (verb) ply
apply oneself diligently
"Ply one's trade"

5. (verb) ply, run
travel a route regularly
"Ships ply the waters near the coast"

6. (verb) ply
join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding
"ply fabric"

7. (verb) ply
wield vigorously
"ply an axe"

8. (verb) ply
use diligently
"ply your wits!"

Definition of 'ply'

Webster Dictionary

1. ply
a fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord

2. ply
bent; turn; direction; bias

3. (verb) ply
to bend

4. (verb) ply
to lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink

5. (verb) ply
to employ diligently; to use steadily

6. (verb) ply
to practice or perform with diligence; to work at

7. (verb) ply
to bend; to yield

8. (verb) ply
to act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plies between certain ports

9. (verb) ply
to work to windward; to beat

Translation of 'ply'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an old word for to work at He plies his trade as weaver.
Afrikaans: verrig werk	Arabic: يَعْمَل ، يَشْتَغِل كَ	Bulgarian: работя
Brazilian: exercer	Czech: provozovat	German: ausüben
Danish: udøve	Greek: ασκώ επάγγελμα (αρχ.)	Spanish: ejercer
Estonian: ametit pidama	Farsi: کار کردن	Finnish: harjoittaa ammattia
French: exercer (un métier)	Hebrew: לְהַצִיע שֵׁירוּתִים	Hindi: आना-जाना
Croatian: raditi s	Hungarian: dolgozik	Indonesian: mengerjakan
Icelandic: iðka, vinna við	Italian: esercitare	Japanese: ～にせいを出す
Korean: (일, 장사를) 하다	Lithuanian: užsiimti	Latvian: strādāt, pūlēties
Malay: bekerja	Dutch: beoefenen	Norwegian: utøve, drive
Polish: uprawiać, pracować	Persian: کار کردن	Pashto: كار كول
Portuguese: exercer	Romanian: a-şi face meseria (de)	Russian: заниматься
Slovak: vykonávať	Slovenian: opravljati	Serbian: raditi svoj posao
Swedish: arbeta träget	Thai: ทำงาน	Turkish: çalışmak, (işini) yapmak
Taiwanese: 從事	Ukrainian: займатися	Urdu: چلانا
Vietnamese: làm việc	Chinese: 从事
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