Meaning & use
ply
To work steadily at a trade or task, or to keep offering something insistently to someone.
See it in a sentence
The old sailor had plied his trade on fishing boats for over forty years.
Salespeople plied the tourists with brochures the moment they stepped off the bus.
A note on using this word
Ply is common in the phrase "ply someone with" (food, drink, questions), meaning to give something to them repeatedly and persistently.
Words with a similar meaning
work atsupply persistently
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Another way to use it
2. noun
One of the layers or strands twisted or bonded together to make thread, wood, or fabric.
This tissue paper is two-ply, so it feels thicker than the single-layer kind.
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