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Verb
/plī/,
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plies, plural;
  1. Work with (a tool, esp. one requiring steady, rhythmic movements)
    • - a tailor delicately plying his needle
  2. Work steadily at (one's business or trade); conduct
    • - he plied a profitable export trade
  3. (of a vessel or vehicle) Travel regularly over a route, typically for commercial purposes
    • - ferries ply across a strait to the island
  4. Travel over (a route) in this way
    • - the motion of the big tug as it plied the Jersey coastline
  5. Provide someone with (food or drink) in a continuous or insistent way
    • - a flight attendant who plied them with soft drinks
  6. Direct (numerous questions) at someone
    • - the presiding judge plied him with a series of absurd questions
Noun
  1. A thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material

  2. A strand of yarn or rope
    • - four-ply yarn
  3. The number of layers or strands of which something is made
    • - the yarn can be any ply from two to eight
  4. A reinforcing layer of fabric in a tire
    • - a six-ply whitewall tire
  5. (in game theory) The number of levels at which branching occurs in a tree of possible outcomes, typically corresponding to the number of moves ahead (in chess strictly half-moves ahead) considered by a computer program

  6. A half-move (i.e., one player's move) in computer chess

  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. provide: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
  3. apply oneself diligently; "Ply one's trade"
  4. (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
  5. travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast"
  6. join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding; "ply fabric"
  7. PLY is a computer file format known as the Polygon File Format or the Stanford Triangle Format.
  8. In two-player sequential games, a ply refers to one turn taken by one of the players. The word is used to clarify what is meant when one might otherwise say "turn".
  9. (Plying) In the textile arts, plying is a process used to create a strong, balanced yarn. It is done by taking two or more strands of yarn that each have a twist to them and putting them together. The strands are twisted together, in the opposite direction than that in which they were spun. ...
  10. (Plies) Algernod Lanier Washington (born July 1, 1976), better known by his stage name Plies, is an American rapper and founder of Big Gates Records. After dropping out of college, he founded Big Gates Records with his stepbrother. ...
  11. (Plying) Turning to windward.
  12. Plying means letting two or more single threads twist together. You can easily try it out with a piece of yarn or string: Take one end in either hand and turn in such a way that the twist gets stronger. Then hold both ends in one hand and let the resulting loop twist together. ...
  13. (PLYS (Splits)) When a coal seam contains a rock parting the coal sections above and below the parting are often referred to as plys
  14. (Plies) The reinforcing members of a tyre which are composed of layers of cord fabric and rubber that provide the strength to contain the air pressure needed to support a load and resist deflection.
  15. (Plies) The layers of fabric that make up the cord body of a tire.
  16. (Plies) Alternative name for strands or threads. See Threads
  17. (Plies) Layers of web, fabric or components of laminate.
  18. (pliés) these are a stronger form of knee bends and pulse downs - place the feet fairly wide and turn them out by 45° - now bend the knees quite deeply, then squeeze the buttocks together to push yourself back up again - it is particularly important to keep the tummy in, the back straight and ...
  19. A term to denote the number of thicknesses or layers of roofing felt, veneer in plywood, or layers in built-up materials, in any finished piece of such material.
  20. The number of layers of roofing: i.e. one-ply, two-ply.
  21. A single thickness of steel forming part of a structural joint.
  22. When two or more threads are twisted together before weaving, increasing yarn density and weight.
  23. Each separate web, which makes up the sheet formed on a multi-layer machine. Each layer adds one web or ply, which is pressed to the other, the plies adhering firmly upon drying.
  24. a layer of felt in a built-up roof membrane system. A four-ply membrane system has four plies of felt.
  25. To twist together two or more single yarns to form another yarn or cord. One of any number of single yarns twisted together to form a yarn.