ply

🇺🇸 /plaɪ/ 🇬🇧 /plaɪ/
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verb
R

to regularly travel along a route or between places

Buses ply regularly to and from these places.

R

to use a tool with skill

The tailor delicately plied his needle.

noun
R

a thickness measurement for materials like wool, rope, or wood

four-ply knitting yarn

translation

v. to regularly travel along a route or between places; to use a tool with skill
n. a thickness measurement for materials like wool, rope, or wood

Word Forms

3rd Present plies
Progressive plying
Past plied
Perfect plied
Plural plies