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To make a living for the benefit of others
To put (something) to use
“Ply your skills in a game where the odds are overwhelmingly favorable.”
To diligently work at or be engaged in a task or job
“Importantly, 1,900 postgraduate research students also ply their trade here, firing up the boiler of Scotland's economic engine.”
To travel over regularly
“Incidentally, the new boat will ply on the Ernakulam-Vypeen route.”
To provide someone with something in a continuous, generous or insistent way
“That's my game. I ply everyone with food and make the world a better place.”
To harass, typically with persistent requests or questions
“Then the camera starts to roll, and they start to ply me with a string of questions that I seem to remember were on the application.”
To interweave or cross one with another
“Ply the threads together while the knitting needles keep them both under tension.”
To handle a substance physically with the intent of creating a desired form
To handle a substance physically with the intent of creating a desired form
To execute or carry out
To move over or back and forth over
To entertain with a feast
To provide or make available
To direct, handle, control, or be in charge of
To bend or become bent
Plural for a layer of a folded or laminated material
“This is protected by a cushion formed of a thick ply of elastic rubber.”
Plural for bias or prejudice in favor of one person or thing
“Public opinion is taking a ply for the introduction of the institute of chaplains or other clergymen in the army.”
Plural for a fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue
Plural for a single thin length of thread, fiber, wire, etc.
Plural for a thin, flat piece of material made of cloth, paper, metal, etc.
Plural for board made from glued wood
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