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Definitions for Ply

[1] to work with or at diligently; employ busily; use: to ply the needle.
[2] to carry on, practice, or pursue busily or steadily: to ply a trade.
[3] to treat with or apply to (something) repeatedly (often followed by with ): to ply a fire with fresh fuel.
[4] to assail persistently: to ply horses with a whip.
[5] to supply with or offer something pressingly to: to ply a person with drink.
[6] to address (someone) persistently or importunately, as with questions, solicitations, etc.; importune.
[7] to pass over or along (a river, stream, etc.) steadily or on a regular basis: boats that ply the Mississippi.
[8] to run or travel regularly over a fixed course or between certain places, as a boat, bus, etc.
[9] to perform one's work or office busily or steadily: to ply with the oars; to ply at a trade.
[10] a thickness or layer.
[11] Automotive . a layer of reinforcing fabric for a tire.
[12] a unit of yarn: single ply.
[13] one of the sheets of veneer that are glued together to make plywood.
[14] Informal . plywood.
[15] bent, bias, or inclination.
[16] British Dialect . to bend, fold, or mold.
[17] Obsolete . to bend, incline, or yield.
[18] to carry on, pursue, or work at (a job, trade, etc)
[19] to manipulate or wield (a tool)
[20] to sell (goods, wares, etc), esp at a regular place
[21] (usually foll by with) to provide (with) or subject (to) repeatedly or persistently he plied us with drink the whole evening ; to ply a horse with a whip ; he plied the speaker with questions
[22] (intr) to perform or work steadily or diligently to ply with a spade
[23] (also intr) (esp of a ship) to travel regularly along (a route) or in (an area) to ply between Dover and Calais ; to ply the trade routes
[24] a layer, fold, or thickness, as of cloth, wood, yarn, etc (in combination ) four-ply
[25] a thin sheet of wood glued to other similar sheets to form plywood
[26] one of the strands twisted together to make rope, yarn, etc
[27] to twist together (two or more single strands) to make yarn

Words related to Ply

function, maneuver, handle, exert, pursue, dispense, practice, wield, utilize, employ, exercise, swing, follow, throw, manipulate

Words nearby Ply

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Origin of Ply

21300–50; Middle English plien (v.) < Middle French plier to fold, bend, variant of ployer, Old French pleier < Latin plicāre to fold; see fold1

Other words from Ply

ply·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Ply

C15: from Old French pli fold, from plier to fold, from Latin plicāre

Synonyms for Ply

dispense, employ, exercise, exert, follow, function, handle, maneuver, manipulate, practice, pursue, swing, throw, utilize, wield, carry on, put out