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plaÉĒ
plai
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "ply"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to offer or supply something generously or abundantly, often in response to a request or need
Ditransitive: to ply sb with a resource
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the harsh winter, local charities worked tirelessly to ply the homeless population with warm clothing and hot meals.
āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻļā§€āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻžāϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšāĻšā§€āύ āϜāύāϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ• āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻĒ⧁āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to use a tool skillfully and diligently, often in a repetitive or continuous manner
Transitive: to ply a tool
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Artisans in the pottery workshop ply the potter's wheel to mold and shape clay into vessels.
āĻŽā§ƒā§ŽāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻļāĻžāϞāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ—āϰāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻļā§€āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to engage in a task or activity with focused effort and dedication
Transitive: to ply an activity or skill
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The entrepreneur was determined to ply their business, putting in countless hours to build and grow the startup.
āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ•ā§āϤāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻž āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧāĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻœā§āĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāφāĻĒ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ­ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϰ⧁āĻŸā§‡ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āϚāϞāĻžāϚāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to travel along a specific path on a regular basis
Transitive: to ply a path
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Fishermen would ply the river each morning, casting their nets in the hopes of a bountiful catch.
āĻœā§‡āϞ⧇āϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āύāĻĻā§€ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāϞ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϚ⧁āϰ āϧāϰāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāĻļāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
01

a layer of material, such as cloth, paper, or wood, especially one of several bonded layers

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The book 's pages were composed of several plies of paper.
02

a strand or thread, often twisted with others to form yarn, rope, or cord; frequently used in combination

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The yarn is a two-ply cotton suitable for knitting.

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