ply meaning
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[plaɪ] [-aɪ] WPly
- Ply, Pli, Plies or Plying may refer to:
- Ply (game theory), a turn in game play
- PLY (file format) or Polygon File Format
- Plying, a spinning technique to make yarn
- Plies (rapper), American rapper
- Pli, an academic journal
- Ply, a layer of paper or wood, such as with toilet paper, tissue paper, paper towels or plywood
- PLY, an implementation of the yacc parsing tool for the Python programming language
- Tire ply, a layer of cords embedded in the rubber of a tire
- NounPLplies
- A layer of material.
- two-ply toilet paper
- A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up yarn or rope.
- (colloquial) plywood.
- (artificial intelligence, game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn", or one move made by one of the players.
- He proposed to build Deep Purple, a super-computer capable of 24-ply look-ahead for chess.
- (now chiefly Scotland) State, condition.
- A layer of material.
- VerbSGpliesPRplyingPT, PPplied
- (transitive) to bend; to fold.
- (intransitive) to flex.
- (transitive) To work at diligently.
- He plied his trade as carpenter for forty-three years.
- (intransitive) To work diligently.
- (transitive) To use vigorously.
- He plied his ax with bloody results.
- (transitive) To travel over regularly.
- ply the seven seas
- A steamer plies between certain ports.
- (transitive) To persist in offering.
- To press upon; to urge importunately.
- to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink
- To employ diligently; to use steadily.
- (nautical) To work to windward; to beat.
- (transitive) to bend; to fold.
Definition of ply in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "ply" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.