ply
Other forms: plied; plying; plies
Ply means to work steadily at something. If you've got a lemonade stand and you're busy perfecting your recipe and seeking out customers, you're doing a good job of plying your trade.
A ship that regularly travels a particular route plies that route. When someone offers you food or drink, often in hopes of getting something in return, they're plying you: "If I ply you with cake, will you take my dog for a walk?" The noun ply is very different from the verb, referring to layers or strands. Four-ply yarn is made up of four strands. Plywood is made of many layers of wood glued together.
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use diligently
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wield vigorously
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apply oneself diligently
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travel a route regularly
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give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
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staff
provide with staff
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drench
force to drink
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regale, treat
provide with choice or abundant food or drink
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board
provide food and lodging (for)
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feed, give
give food to
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feed
serve as food for; be the food for
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dish, dish out, dish up, serve, serve up
provide (usually but not necessarily food)
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cater
supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets
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help, serve
help to some food; help with food or drink
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power
supply the force or power for the functioning of
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feed
provide as food
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gratify, indulge, pander
yield (to); give satisfaction to
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underlay
provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
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fill, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy
fill or meet a want or need
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horse
provide with a horse or horses
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shower
provide abundantly with
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accommodate
provide with something desired or needed
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nourish, nurture, sustain
provide with nourishment
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fix up
find (something or someone) for
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gutter
provide with gutters
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humor, humour
put into a good mood
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man
provide with workers
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dine
give dinner to; host for dinner
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wine
treat to wine
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alcoholise, alcoholize
subject to the influence of alcohol
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live in, sleep in
live in the house where one works
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scavenge
feed on carrion or refuse
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fodder
give fodder (to domesticated animals)
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slop, swill
feed pigs
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regurgitate
feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food
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corn
feed (cattle) with corn
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malnourish, undernourish
provide with insufficient quality or quantity of nourishment
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overfeed
feed excessively
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spoonfeed
feed with a spoon
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force-feed
feed someone who will not or cannot eat
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plank
cook and serve on a plank
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drive
cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling
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feast, feed
gratify
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spree
engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping
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answer
be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
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remount
provide with fresh horses
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lunch
provide a midday meal for
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breakfast
provide breakfast for
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breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse
give suck to
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bottlefeed
feed (infants) with a bottle
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sow one's oats, sow one's wild oats
live promiscuously and self-indulgently
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appease, quell, stay
overcome or allay
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inject
feed intravenously
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carry
be able to feed
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feed on, feed upon
be sustained by
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allay, assuage, quench, slake
satisfy (thirst)
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aliment, nourish, nutrify
give nourishment to
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range
let eat
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crop, graze, pasture
let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
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type of:
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give
transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
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one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination“three- ply cord”“four- ply yarn”
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type of:
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strand
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
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strand
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(usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
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join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding“ply fabric”
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type of:
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bring together, join
cause to become joined or linked
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bring together, join
Vocabulary lists containing ply
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Eleven-year-old Nhamo flees from her abusive aunt's home in Mozambique and embarks on a dangerous journey to find her father in Zimbabwe.
Following the murder of her mother, sixteen-year old Tina is on a quest for revenge. She must survive Sangui City's dangerous streets while waiting for a chance to avenge her mother's death.
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