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Meanings of ply in English

Russian
ход игрока
Portuguese
lance
Catalan
acció de joc
Wikidata

A half-move (i.e. one player's move)

        Related terms
        ход игрока
        Portuguese
        fornecer
        Catalan
        proporcionar
        Spanish
        proporcionar

        Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance.

              fornecer

              Travel a route regularly.

                    Usage of ply in English
                    1
                    Meanwhile, Eliza-well-haveyouever seen how mountebanks ply their trade in Paris?
                    Quicksilver
                    2
                    The arms dealers will be able to ply their trade in peace.
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    Overloaded migrant boats also ply the waters and occasionally run into trouble.
                    Reuters
                    4
                    The sails were spread and the sailors began to ply their oars.
                    Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca / Adapted from the Third Book of th...
                    5
                    One of the others commenced to ply his pick to the ground.
                    Tarzan of the Apes
                    6
                    Annika realized that this was no time to ply him with questions.
                    The girl who played with fire
                    7
                    I have no ships in reach, no crew to ply the oars
                    The Odyssey
                    8
                    I will ply it close, but I will have my end accomplished.
                    Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
                    9
                    Even in the 60s, those mods would have been wearing three-ply suits.
                    The Guardian
                    10
                    Our hearts sunk, and scarcely could we longer ply our useless paddles.
                    Peter the Whaler
                    11
                    Some, however, sleep all day, and ply their infamous trade at night.
                    The Secrets of the Great City / A Work Descriptive of the Virtue...
                    12
                    Is that an honest trade for a sergeant's decent wife to ply?
                    The Exiles
                    13
                    Orange juice, bread, bran flakes, a box of three-ply jumbo-sized trash bags.
                    Four to score
                    14
                    I attempt to ply my trade in the best possible way.
                    The Guardian
                    15
                    Why do you need so much violence to ply your trade?
                    Mentats of Dune
                    16
                    That bodes well for Texas' ability to ply future world markets.
                    Wired
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                    Translations for ply
                    Ply through the time
                    Ply across language varieties
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