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Meanings of ply in inglés

ruso
ход игрока
portugués
lance
catalán
acció de joc
Wikidata

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

Related terms
ход игрока
portugués
fornecer
catalán
proporcionar
español
proporcionar

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

proporcionar

Travel a route regularly.

Synonyms
Examples for "run"
Examples for "run"
1
The banks' recent run of good form came to an end today.
The Irish Times
2
This year the work will likely run out months earlier, Olson said.
Reuters
3
The critical issue now is whether the run of good news continues.
Reuters
4
I had run quite far and was a long way from home.
Unbearable lightness: a story of loss and gain
5
Rice said the two shows would run at different times of year.
Reuters
Usage of ply in inglés
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
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common