Ply
verb
To continue doing something regularly.
She plies her trade as a seamstress.
Often appears as...
- ply one's trade
- ply for hire
verb
To travel regularly over a route or area.
The ship plies between two islands.
Often appears as...
- ply between
- vessel ply
noun
A thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material.
I used a thick, four-ply yarn for the blanket.
Often appears as...
- four-ply
- two-ply
verb
To use or wield diligently.
The baker plied his knife to cut the cake.
Often appears as...
- ply the needle
- ply the oar
verb
To continue doing something regularly.
She plies her trade as a seamstress.
Often appears as...
- ply one's trade
- ply for hire
verb
To travel regularly over a route or area.
The ship plies between two islands.
Often appears as...
- ply between
- vessel ply
noun
A thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material.
I used a thick, four-ply yarn for the blanket.
Often appears as...
- four-ply
- two-ply
verb
To use or wield diligently.
The baker plied his knife to cut the cake.
Often appears as...
- ply the needle
- ply the oar
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Regularity Emphasis
Use 'ply' to emphasize the regular and often skilled nature of an activity.
As a carpenter, he plies his craft with dedication.
Pro Tip 2/2Professional Context
'Ply one's trade' often refers to professionals like artisans and traders regularly practicing their work.
The blacksmith has been plying his trade for over 30 years.
Pro Tip 1/2Regularity Emphasis
Use 'ply' to emphasize the regular and often skilled nature of an activity.
As a carpenter, he plies his craft with dedication.
Pro Tip 2/2Professional Context
'Ply one's trade' often refers to professionals like artisans and traders regularly practicing their work.
The blacksmith has been plying his trade for over 30 years.
Pro Tip 1/2Regularity Emphasis
Use 'ply' to emphasize the regular and often skilled nature of an activity.
As a carpenter, he plies his craft with dedication.
Pro Tip 2/2Professional Context
'Ply one's trade' often refers to professionals like artisans and traders regularly practicing their work.
The blacksmith has been plying his trade for over 30 years.
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How a fly flies -...
laboratories around the world we've been studying fly behaviors and little flight simulators you can tether a fly to a little stick you can measure the aerodynamic forces it's creating you can let the ply it fly play a little video game by letting it fly around and in a visual display so let me show you a little tiny sequence of this here's a
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How the Panama Papers...
could share information about how the offshore world was being used to hide the trade in both of those commodities. Those interested in sport could share information about how famous sports stars were putting their image rights into offshore companies, thereby likely avoiding taxes in the countries where they plied their trade.
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Richard Seymour: How...
And part of the joy of it is, you know the difficulty. You also may be taking into account the fact that it's incredibly painful. Anybody seen a ballet dancer's toes when they come out of the points? While she's doing these graceful arabesques and plies and what have you, something horrible's going on down here.
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Destination North Africa...
here for thousands of years plying the ancient trade routes with caravans and camels here you'll find that many towns along the edge of the Sahara offer tourists a tastes of desert life a chance to ride across the sands run along the dunes and sleep under the stars
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Working Dogs PIPE National...
south poles these dogs still ply the snows of the extreme north their endurance put to the test in competitions like the Iditarod dog sled race dogs often contribute to our lives by working alongside us but they also save lives when sudden disasters like an
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The fight against sex...
how you cannot respond to this problem. Can you ply your mind for that one way that you can respond to the problem? And that's what I'm here for, asking for your support, demanding for your support, requesting for your support.
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Justice for gem miners ...
once a colored gemstone pocket is found there's usually a by a broker waiting to buy the stones sometimes it's exploitative ly low prices and using questionable tactics such as plying the
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The rise and fall of the...
to their Ancient Roman counterparts; many farmed or plied a specific trade, such as ceramics, leatherworking, fishing, weaving, or manufacturing silk. But, of course, the Byzantine Empire
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Blowing Up an Airplane...
going because what I turn around to do look at that destroyed yeah that's a typical burst that happens on cross ply tires by reaching over four times its normal
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Raging Congo Creatures PIPE...
harsh waters but the fish that called this river home are not just strange they're also huge anglers from around the world have plied
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How a fly flies -...
laboratories around the world we've been studying fly behaviors and little flight simulators you can tether a fly to a little stick you can measure the aerodynamic forces it's creating you can let the ply it fly play a little video game by letting it fly around and in a visual display so let me show you a little tiny sequence of this here's a
Video examples
How the Panama Papers...
could share information about how the offshore world was being used to hide the trade in both of those commodities. Those interested in sport could share information about how famous sports stars were putting their image rights into offshore companies, thereby likely avoiding taxes in the countries where they plied their trade.
Video examples
Richard Seymour: How...
And part of the joy of it is, you know the difficulty. You also may be taking into account the fact that it's incredibly painful. Anybody seen a ballet dancer's toes when they come out of the points? While she's doing these graceful arabesques and plies and what have you, something horrible's going on down here.
Video examples
Destination North Africa...
here for thousands of years plying the ancient trade routes with caravans and camels here you'll find that many towns along the edge of the Sahara offer tourists a tastes of desert life a chance to ride across the sands run along the dunes and sleep under the stars
Video examples
Working Dogs PIPE National...
south poles these dogs still ply the snows of the extreme north their endurance put to the test in competitions like the Iditarod dog sled race dogs often contribute to our lives by working alongside us but they also save lives when sudden disasters like an
Video examples
The fight against sex...
how you cannot respond to this problem. Can you ply your mind for that one way that you can respond to the problem? And that's what I'm here for, asking for your support, demanding for your support, requesting for your support.
Video examples
Justice for gem miners ...
once a colored gemstone pocket is found there's usually a by a broker waiting to buy the stones sometimes it's exploitative ly low prices and using questionable tactics such as plying the
Video examples
The rise and fall of the...
to their Ancient Roman counterparts; many farmed or plied a specific trade, such as ceramics, leatherworking, fishing, weaving, or manufacturing silk. But, of course, the Byzantine Empire
Video examples
Blowing Up an Airplane...
going because what I turn around to do look at that destroyed yeah that's a typical burst that happens on cross ply tires by reaching over four times its normal
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Raging Congo Creatures PIPE...
harsh waters but the fish that called this river home are not just strange they're also huge anglers from around the world have plied
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Tom Watson
American Golfer
My career was one of just taking it step by step. I didn't know how I was gonna fare on the professional circuit when I qualified. I didn't know whether I was gonna make a dime. I didn't know anything but this one thing: I had some dreams, and I was gonna work harder than anybody out here to ply my trade.
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John Battelle
American Businessman
Drones ply the liminal space between the physical and the digital - pilots fly them, but aren't in them. They are versatile and fascinating objects - the things they can do range from the mundane (aerial photography) to the spectacular - killing people, for example.
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Eric Greitens
American Politician
In Missouri, we built the steamships that plied the Mississippi. It was people of Missouri who believed that a human being could fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone. And it was Missourians who built the capsule in which an American first orbited the earth.
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Brin-Jonathan Butler
American Journalist
Cuban athletes represent the most expensive human cargo on earth. They are sitting on over a billion dollars of human capital if these boxers and baseball players would come over to any other field or ring in the world and begin to ply their trade.
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Josh Barnett
American Mixed Martial Artist
Fighting is not the only thing in my life. It never was the only thing in my life. I have other pathways if I have to ply a trade. I wouldn't be sad about doing these other things, either. I enjoy them as well.
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Christopher Daniels
When you're that comfortable with your own product, with your own work rate - so to speak - that's when you become valuable. That's when people start vying for you, to ply your trade in their wrestling match.
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Mark Hughes
Welsh Athlete
If Ryan Giggs was plying his trade and been the player he had been here in a foreign league, he would go straight from playing to an AC Milan or Inter Milan or any top European club out of the mix.
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Vince Lombardi
American Coach
Every time a football player goes to ply his trade, he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play.
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Adam Sandler
American Actor
I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the best-smelling Capezios.
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E. T. A. Hoffmann
Critic
Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?
Quote examples
Tom Watson
American Golfer
My career was one of just taking it step by step. I didn't know how I was gonna fare on the professional circuit when I qualified. I didn't know whether I was gonna make a dime. I didn't know anything but this one thing: I had some dreams, and I was gonna work harder than anybody out here to ply my trade.
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John Battelle
American Businessman
Drones ply the liminal space between the physical and the digital - pilots fly them, but aren't in them. They are versatile and fascinating objects - the things they can do range from the mundane (aerial photography) to the spectacular - killing people, for example.
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Eric Greitens
American Politician
In Missouri, we built the steamships that plied the Mississippi. It was people of Missouri who believed that a human being could fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone. And it was Missourians who built the capsule in which an American first orbited the earth.
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Brin-Jonathan Butler
American Journalist
Cuban athletes represent the most expensive human cargo on earth. They are sitting on over a billion dollars of human capital if these boxers and baseball players would come over to any other field or ring in the world and begin to ply their trade.
Quote examples
Josh Barnett
American Mixed Martial Artist
Fighting is not the only thing in my life. It never was the only thing in my life. I have other pathways if I have to ply a trade. I wouldn't be sad about doing these other things, either. I enjoy them as well.
Quote examples
Christopher Daniels
When you're that comfortable with your own product, with your own work rate - so to speak - that's when you become valuable. That's when people start vying for you, to ply your trade in their wrestling match.
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Mark Hughes
Welsh Athlete
If Ryan Giggs was plying his trade and been the player he had been here in a foreign league, he would go straight from playing to an AC Milan or Inter Milan or any top European club out of the mix.
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Vince Lombardi
American Coach
Every time a football player goes to ply his trade, he's got to play from the ground up - from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play.
Quote examples
Adam Sandler
American Actor
I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the best-smelling Capezios.
Quote examples
E. T. A. Hoffmann
Critic
Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully?
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