Dictionary Entry
ply
ply is a 3-letter English word with 17 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bend. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 17 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To bend.
- 2transitive verb
To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink.
- 3transitive verb
To employ diligently; to use steadily.
- 4transitive verb
To practice or perform with diligence; to work at.
- 5intransitive verb
To bend; to yield.
- 6intransitive verb
To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plies between certain ports.
- 7intransitive verb
To work to windward; to beat.
- 8verb
A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord.
- 9verb
Bent; turn; direction; bias.
- 10noun
(usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
- 11noun
one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination
"three-ply cord"
"four-ply yarn"
- 12verb
use diligently
"ply your wits!"
- 13verb
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
"The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
- 14verb
wield vigorously
"ply an axe"
- 15verb
join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding
"ply fabric"
- 16verb
travel a route regularly
"Ships ply the waters near the coast"
Synonyms
- 17verb
apply oneself diligently
"Ply one's trade"
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