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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ply1 /plaɪ/USA pronunciation v., plied, ply•ing. - to work hard or long while using (something):[~ + object]to ply the needle.
- to carry on or continue doing steadily:[~ + object]to ply a trade.
- to keep supplying or offering something to (someone):[~ + object]to ply a person with drink.
- to keep asking (someone) questions:[~ + object]The press kept plying the judge with questions.
- to pass over or along (a stream, a route, etc.) steadily: [~ + object]boats plying the Mississippi.[no object]ships plying between Europe and the New World.
ply2 /plaɪ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- a measure of the thickness or layer of something:two-ply toilet paper.
- a unit of yarn:single ply.
See -plic-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ply1 (plī),USA pronunciation v., plied, ply•ing. v.t. - to work with or at diligently;
employ busily; use:to ply the needle. - to carry on, practice, or pursue busily or steadily:to ply a trade.
- to treat with or apply to (something) repeatedly (often fol. by with):to ply a fire with fresh fuel.
- to assail persistently:to ply horses with a whip.
- to supply with or offer something pressingly to:to ply a person with drink.
- to address (someone) persistently or importunately, as with questions, solicitations, etc.;
importune. - to pass over or along (a river, stream, etc.) steadily or on a regular basis:boats that ply the Mississippi.
v.i. - to run or travel regularly over a fixed course or between certain places, as a boat, bus, etc.
- to perform one's work or office busily or steadily:to ply with the oars; to ply at a trade.
- Middle English plien, aphetic variant of aplien to apply 1300–50
ply′ing•ly, adv. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged follow, exercise.
ply2 (plī),USA pronunciation n., pl. plies, v., plied, ply•ing. n. - a thickness or layer.
- Automotivea layer of reinforcing fabric for a tire.
- a unit of yarn:single ply.
- Buildingone of the sheets of veneer that are glued together to make plywood.
- Building, Informal Terms[Informal.]plywood.
- bent, bias, or inclination.
v.t. - British Termsto bend, fold, or mold.
v.i. - [Obs.]to bend, incline, or yield.
- Latin plicāre to fold; see fold1
- Middle French plier to fold, bend, variant of ployer, Old French pleier
- Middle English plien (verb, verbal) 1300–50
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