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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
ply
n 1: one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or
thread; often used in combination; "three-ply cord"; "four-
ply yarn"
2: (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or
paper or wood as in plywood
v 1: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or
sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
[syn: provide, supply, ply, cater]
2: apply oneself diligently; "Ply one's trade"
3: travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the
coast" [syn: ply, run]
4: join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding; "ply
fabric"
5: wield vigorously; "ply an axe"
6: use diligently; "ply your wits!"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ply \Ply\, v. i.
1. To bend; to yield. [Obs.]
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It would rather burst atwo than plye. --Chaucer.
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The willow plied, and gave way to the gust.
--L'Estrange.
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2. 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.
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Ere half these authors be read (which will soon be
with plying hard and daily). --Milton.
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He was forced to ply in the streets as a porter.
--Addison.
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The heavy hammers and mallets plied. --Longfellow.
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3. (Naut.) To work to windward; to beat.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ply \Ply\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plying.] [OE. plien, F. plier to fold, to bend, fr. L.
plicare; akin to Gr. ?, G. flechten. Cf. Apply, Complex,
Display, Duplicity, Employ, Exploit, Implicate,
Plait, Pliant, Flax.]
1. To bend. [Obs.]
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As men may warm wax with handes plie. --Chaucer.
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2. 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.
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And plies him with redoubled strokes --Dryden.
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He plies the duke at morning and at night. --Shak.
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3. To employ diligently; to use steadily.
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Go ply thy needle; meddle not. --Shak.
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4. To practice or perform with diligence; to work at.
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Their bloody task, unwearied, still they ply.
--Waller.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ply \Ply\, n. [Cf. F. pli, fr. plier. See Ply, v.]
1. A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord.
--Arbuthnot.
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2. Bent; turn; direction; bias.
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The late learners can not so well take the ply.
--Bacon.
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Boswell, and others of Goldsmith's contemporaries, .
. . did not understand the secret plies of his
character. --W. Irving.
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The czar's mind had taken a strange ply, which it
retained to the last. --Macaulay.
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Note: Ply is used in composition to designate folds, or the
number of webs interwoven; as, a three-ply carpet.
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5. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
ply
1. Of a node in a tree, the number of
branches between that node and the root.
2. Of a tree, the maximum ply of any of its nodes.
(1998-12-29)
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Thesaurus Results for Ply:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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