Plies

Word PLIES
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /plaɪz/

Definitions and meanings of "Plies"

What do we mean by plies?

Plural form of ply. noun

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ply. verb

A layer of material.

A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.

Short for plywood.

In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.

A condition, a state.

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The word "plies" in example sentences

Henry says 'plies' are always performed at the beginning of the workout because they stretch all the muscles of the legs and prepare the body for the exercises to follow.

Apparently, he plies us with drink and then eats our brains. ❋ Zornhau (2009)

From the choreographer slowly rolling across a stage covered in artificial snow to a room full of dancers silently bending in deep grand plies, the guy knows how to set the mood. ❋ Rebecca Ritzel (2011)

Mr. Bradock plies the tools and techniques of the DJ trade as well as anyone, with an ethereal command over how to layer tracks together and how to accentuate parts that wouldn't seem to be there otherwise. ❋ Andy Battaglia (2011)

Pineapples cluster in a vendor's cart that plies the shore in Mexico's Rincon de Guayabitos. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Anthony Cascella opened Breakdown Records 25 years ago, and he still plies his trade amid dusty racks of cheaply priced vinyl and CDs. ❋ Nick Neyland (2011)

God does not exactly answer Job -- rather at the end of the book, God appears from the whirlwind and plies Job with a string of rhetorical questions. ❋ Rabbi David Wolpe (2011)

Hurtigruten, which plies Norway's magnificently craggy western coast, specializes in rocks, fish and sea, with a dollop of heavy machinery thrown in. ❋ AP (2011)

Credentials: Liedberg has called Lake Delavan his home since childhood and now plies its waters with clients, offering a “no pike, no pay” rule on all full-day trips. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Jason Avant, Eagles — Fearlessly plies his trade over the middle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Meanwhile, a waiter plies the couple with recitations of the evening's specials and the merits of different wines, reappearing at awkward intervals. ❋ Erica Abeel (2011)

A Robin is building at our back door, the Blackbird sings in the meadow behind, the Nightingale is heard even to the doors, the Cuckow plies his two notes all day, and a colony of frogs their one by twilight. best love to All, ❋ Unknown (2009)

Out of Africa, he plies his trade as a gifted soccer player at Chelsea Football Club, one of the game's most competitive teams. ❋ Alan Black (2011)

A "sound-effects choir" plies its trade against applicable scenes; there are separate tributes to writers (as portrayed on-screen), foreign films and "America in the movies"; also the annual memorial service and a sampling of special honoree Ennio Morricone's scoring achievements. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She plays on his love of finery and wild, risky living and plies him with extravagant compliments and hints of undreamed of favours yet to come—absurd. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

I know of one in Damascus, in a café called the Nafoura (fountain), but he plies his trade for tourists, a facsimile of a real hakawati. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Venture out into the waters and woodlands of New England, and there's a chance you'll bump into "Champ," America's own Loch Ness Monster, who allegedly plies the muddy ripples of Lake Champlain. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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