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| ply [ plī ] (past and past participle plied, present participle ply·ing, 3rd person present singular plies) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb work hard at something: to work at a trade or occupation, especially with diligence
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2. transitive verb use something diligently: to use something such as a tool or weapon in a diligent or skillful way
  the dexterity with which she plied her needle
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3. transitive verb offer something for sale: to offer goods or services for sale, especially regularly or as an occupation
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4. transitive verb keep supplying somebody with something: to keep supplying somebody with something, especially in an insistent way
kept plying us with offers of food
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5. transitive verb subject another to something insistently: to keep subjecting somebody to something in an urgent and insistent way
We were plied with questions.
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6. transitive and intransitive verb travel route regularly: to travel a route regularly, especially on water
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7. intransitive verb sailing zigzag in boat against wind: to sail a boat on a zigzag course against the wind
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| [14th century. Shortening of apply] |
