plies
Because it is a word with a single syllable, plies is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofplies
- A layer of material.
Example: "two-ply toilet paper"
- A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
- Short for plywood.
- In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
Example: "He proposed to build Deep Purple, a super-computer capable of 24-ply look-ahead for chess."
- A condition, a state.
- To bend; to fold; to mould; to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.
- To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
- To work at (something) diligently.
Example: "He plied his trade as carpenter for forty-three years."
- To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
Example: "He plied his ax with bloody results."
- To press upon; to urge persistently.
Example: "to ply someone with questions or solicitations"
- To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
Example: "to ply someone with drink"
- To travel over (a route) regularly.
Example: "The steamer plies between several ports on the coast."
- To work diligently.
- To manoeuvre a sailing vessel so that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to work to windward, to beat, to tack.
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