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verb (used with object)
1.
to work with or at diligently; employ busily; use: to ply the needle.
2.
to carry on, practice, or pursue busily or steadily: to ply a trade.
3.
to treat with or apply to (something) repeatedly (often followed by with): to ply a fire with fresh fuel.
4.
to assail persistently: to ply horses with a whip.
5.
EXPANDto supply with or offer something pressingly to: to ply a person with drink.
6.
to address (someone) persistently or importunately, as with questions, solicitations, etc.; importune.
7.
COLLAPSEto pass over or along (a river, stream, etc.) steadily or on a regular basis: boats that ply the Mississippi.
verb (used without object)
8.
to run or travel regularly over a fixed course or between certain places, as a boat, bus, etc.
9.
to perform one's work or office busily or steadily: to ply with the oars; to ply at a trade.
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Ply with
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Related forms
ply·ing·ly, adverb
Synonyms
2. follow, exercise.
2. follow, exercise.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
ply
"layer," 1470, from M.Fr. pli "a fold" (13c.), from O.Fr. ploi (12c.), from stem of ployer (later pleier) "to bend, to fold," from L. plicare "to fold, lay" see ply (v.)). Now mainly in plywood (1907), which is called that because the layers are so arranged that the grain of
EXPANDone runs at right angles to that of the next.
COLLAPSE
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