plies

/plaɪz/

noun

1
A layer of material.
“two-ply toilet paper”
2
A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
3
Short for plywood.
4
In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
“He proposed to build Deep Purple, a super-computer capable of 24-ply look-ahead for chess.”
5
A condition, a state.

1
To bend; to fold; to mould; to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.
2
To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).

1
To work at (something) diligently.
“He plied his trade as carpenter for forty-three years.”
2
To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
“He plied his ax with bloody results.”
3
To press upon; to urge persistently.
“to ply someone with questions or solicitations”
4
To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
“to ply someone with drink”
5
To travel over (a route) regularly.
“The steamer plies between several ports on the coast.”
6
To work diligently.
7
To manoeuvre a sailing vessel so that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to work to windward, to beat, to tack.

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