[
US
/ˈpɫaɪ/
]
[ UK /plˈaɪ/ ]
[ UK /plˈaɪ/ ]
NOUN
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one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
four-ply yarn
three-ply cord - (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
VERB
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use diligently
ply your wits! -
wield vigorously
ply an axe -
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
The hostess provided lunch for all the guests -
apply oneself diligently
Ply one's trade -
join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding
ply fabric -
travel a route regularly
Ships ply the waters near the coast
How To Use ply In A Sentence
- The Staff of Volans has a limited supply of magic energy. Roll a dice after each spell is cast.
- It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
- She is simply bartering goodies in return for comparative quietness.
- Our economy is unbalanced, money is in excess supply, and its circulation is completely divorced from the circulation of goods. Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy
- The abrupt facies shift, bioturbation and cemented nature of the surfaces suggests that they represent marine flooding surfaces, formed during a rapid rise in relative sea level and/or a reduction in sediment supply.
- I walked out of the theatre feeling a little odd, as I often do when I have been deeply immersed in a film.
- Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually ex - hausted. Nerilka's Story
- Simply smooth a little on your face at night, lie back and say goodbye to dull and lifeless skin. The Sun
- The dozen pictures she had shot during a recent bath time -- including a few of Nora rinsing with a handheld shower sprayer -- were, for Cynthia, simply part of the vast photographic record she was keeping of her family's life. Lynn Powell: Pornographer or Soccer Mom?
- Although I have finally been given a small piece of work to do (nothing crucial, generous deadline), I'm finding it hard to apply myself after such a long period of enforced inactivity.