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ply — [plaɪ] verb plied PTandPP JOURNALISM 1. [transitive] to sell something: • 60 retailers were plying their products on the radio. 2. ply your trade to work at your job or business: • two outdoor … Financial and business terms
PLY (file format) — PLY is a computer file format known as the Polygon File Format or the Stanford Triangle Format.The format was principally designed to store three dimensional data from 3D scanners. It supports a relatively simple description of a single object as … Wikipedia
Ply — Ply, n. [Cf. F. pli, fr. plier. See {Ply}, v.] 1. A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Bent; turn; direction; bias. [1913 Webster] The late learners can not so well take the ply. Bacon. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ply — Ply, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plying}.] [OE. plien, F. plier to fold, to bend, fr. L. plicare; akin to Gr. ?, G. flechten. Cf. {Apply}, {Complex}, {Display}, {Duplicity}, {Employ}, {Exploit}, {Implicate}, {Plait}, {Pliant},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ply — Ⅰ. ply [1] ► NOUN (pl. plies) 1) a thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material. 2) each of a number of multiple layers or strands of which something is made. ORIGIN French pli fold , from Latin plicare to fold . Ⅱ. pl … English terms dictionary
Ply — Ply, v. i. 1. To bend; to yield. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] It would rather burst atwo than plye. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The willow plied, and gave way to the gust. L Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ply your trade — ► to do your job: »Having worked as a government lawyer for 15 years, he is departing for the private sector to ply his trade as a barrister at Lincoln s Inn. Main Entry: ↑ply … Financial and business terms
ply — ply1 [plī] vt. plied, plying [ME plien < OFr plier < L plicare, to fold < IE base * plek , to entwine > FLAX] Now Rare to bend, twist, fold, or mold vi. Obs. to bend or submit n. pl. plies [MFr pli < the v.] 1 … English World dictionary
ply your trade — mainly literary phrase to do your job Thesaurus: to work, and to work in a particular waysynonym Main entry: ply * * * ply your ˈtrade idiom to do your work or business • … Useful english dictionary
ply for hire/business/trade — Brit : to try to get customers or business Taxis ply for hire/business outside the train station. The company is plying for trade in America. • • • Main Entry: ↑ply … Useful english dictionary
ply for business — ply for business/hire/trade ► COMMERCE to try to get customers for your business in a public place, for example, as a taxi driver, by driving around or waiting in a regular place: »London s formidable black taxis enjoy a lucrative near monopoly… … Financial and business terms
