PLY


Meaning of PLY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ plaɪ ]

( plies, plying, plied)

1.

If you ply someone with food or drink, you keep giving them more of it.

Elsie, who had been told that Maria wasn’t well, plied her with food...

VERB : V n with n

2.

If you ply someone with questions, you keep asking them questions.

Giovanni plied him with questions with the intention of prolonging his stay.

VERB : V n with n

3.

If you ply a trade, you do a particular kind of work regularly as your job, especially a kind of work that involves trying to sell goods or services to people outdoors.

...the market traders noisily plying their wares...

It’s illegal for unmarked mini-cabs to ply for hire.

VERB : V n , V for n

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