(plies, ~ing, plied)
1.
If you ~ 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 ~ 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 ~ 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 ~ing their wares...
It’s illegal for unmarked mini-cabs to ~ for hire.
VERB: V n, V for n