ALL meanings of ply
ply
P p - transitive verb ply trade: carry out 1
- intransitive verb ply offer a lot of alcohol, etc. 1
- intransitive verb ply barrage with questions 1
- noun ply material: layer 1
- noun ply yarn, rope: strand 1
- noun Definition of ply in Technology (mathematics, data) 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. 1
- verb with object ply British Dialect. to bend, fold, or mold. 1
- verb without object ply Obsolete. to bend, incline, or yield. 1
- noun plural ply a thickness or layer. 1
- noun plural ply Automotive. a layer of reinforcing fabric for a tire. 1
- noun plural ply a unit of yarn: single ply. 1
- noun plural ply one of the sheets of veneer that are glued together to make plywood. 1
- noun plural ply Informal. plywood. 1
- noun plural ply bent, bias, or inclination. 1
- intransitive verb ply to travel regularly (between places) 0
- intransitive verb ply to steer a course 0
- verb transitive ply to bend, twist, fold, or mold 0
- intransitive verb ply to bend or submit 0
- noun ply a single thickness, fold, or layer, as of doubled cloth, plywood, etc. 0
- noun ply one of the twisted strands in rope, yarn, etc. 0
- noun ply the state of being bent or twisted 0
- noun ply bias or inclination 0
- adjective ply having (a specified number of) layers, thicknesses, or strands 0
- verb ply If you ply someone with food or drink, you keep giving them more of it. 0
- verb ply If you ply someone with questions, you keep asking them questions. 0
- verb ply If you ply a trade, you do a particular kind of work regularly as your job, especially a kind of work that involves trying to sell goods or services to people outdoors. 0
- verb ply If a ship, aircraft, or vehicle plies a route, it makes regular journeys along that route. 0
- verb ply to carry on, pursue, or work at (a job, trade, etc) 0
- verb ply to manipulate or wield (a tool) 0
- verb ply to sell (goods, wares, etc), esp at a regular place 0
- verb ply to provide (with) or subject (to) repeatedly or persistently 0
- verb ply to perform or work steadily or diligently 0
- verb ply (esp of a ship) to travel regularly along (a route) or in (an area) 0
- noun ply a layer, fold, or thickness, as of cloth, wood, yarn, etc 0
- noun ply (in combination) 0
- noun ply a thin sheet of wood glued to other similar sheets to form plywood 0
- noun ply one of the strands twisted together to make rope, yarn, etc 0
- verb ply to twist together (two or more single strands) to make yarn 0
- verb transitive ply to do work with; wield or use (a tool, faculty, etc.), esp. with energy 0
- verb transitive ply to work at (a trade) 0
- verb transitive ply to address (someone) urgently and constantly (with questions, etc.) 0
- verb transitive ply to keep supplying (with gifts, food, drink, etc.) 0
- verb transitive ply to sail regularly back and forth across 0
- intransitive verb ply to keep busy or work (at something or with a tool, etc.) 0