| Ply: English to English |
| Ply (v. i.) To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plies between certain ports. |
| Ply (v. i.) To bend; to yield. |
| Ply (v. i.) To work to windward; to beat. |
| Ply (v. t.) To bend. |
| Ply (v. t.) To employ diligently; to use steadily. |
| Ply (v. t.) To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink. |
| Ply (v. t.) To practice or perform with diligence; to work at. |
| Ply (v.) A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord. |
| Ply (v.) Bent; turn; direction; bias. |