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The word ply is in the Wiktionary

21 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • ply n. A layer of material.
  • ply n. A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
  • ply n. (Colloquial) Short for plywood.
  • ply n. (Artificial intelligence, combinatorial game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or…
  • ply n. (Now chiefly Scotland) A condition, a state.
  • ply v. (Transitive, obsolete) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a…
  • ply v. (Intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (To a force, etc.).
  • ply v. (Transitive) To work at (something) diligently.
  • ply v. (Transitive) To wield or use (A tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
  • ply v. (Transitive) To press upon; to urge persistently.
  • ply v. (Transitive) To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
  • ply v. (Transitive, intransitive, transport) To travel over (a route) regularly.
  • ply v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To work diligently.
  • ply v. (Intransitive, nautical, obsolete) To manoeuvre a sailing vessel so that the direction of the wind changes…
  • ply n. A bent; a direction.
— English words, defined in French —
  • ply n. Pli.
  • ply v. Plier.
— English words, defined in Portuguese —
  • ply s. Camada.
  • ply v. Dobrar.
  • ply v. Flexionar.
— In French —
  • Ply n.fam. Nom de famille.
91 English words from 15 English definitions

adapt Artificial bend bent change changes chiefly Colloquial combinatorial condition diligently direction especially etc figuratively flex fold for force game games game␣theory give give␣way half inducement intelligence intransitive In␣two layer makes makes␣up manoeuvre material modify mould nautical Now obsolete offering other over persist persistently persuasion player plywood press purpose regularly rope route sailing sailing␣vessel Scotland sequential Short Short␣for something something␣to so␣that state steadily strand strands that the theory together together␣with tool Transitive transport travel turn twisted two upon urge use vessel vigorously way weapon wield wind with work work␣at yarn yield

2 English words from 6 foreign definitions

Nom Plier

6 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

Camada Dobrar famille Flexionar Nom␣de␣famille Pli

50 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

plyg Plym plys plyer plygs plyos plyers plyght plying Plyler plynth plygain plyghts Plylers Plymale plynths plywood plyboard plycount plygains plyghted Plymales Plymouth Plympton plywoods plywoody plyboards plycounts plyghting Plymouths Plymptons Plymstock plywooded Plymothian plyometric plyscraper plywooding Plymothians Plymouthism Plymouthist plyometrics plyscrapers Plymouthists Plymouth␣Rock Plymouth␣Sound Plymouth␣County plyometrically Plymouth␣Meeting Plympton-Wyoming Plympton␣St␣Maurice

117 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

aplyed reply'd aplysia applyed proplyd replyed replyer uplying aplysias aplysiid applying implying proplyds replyers reply␣guy replying aplysiids applyings complying deep-lying implyings no␣complys preplying reply␣girl reply␣guys reply-ping supplyant supplying aplysianin applyingly coapplying deapplying nonplywood overplying reapplying reply␣girls reply␣guyed replyingly reply-pings supply␣line supplyment supply-side supply␣side unapplying unreplying aplysianins complyingly disapplying fascaplysin misapplying +67 words

111 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

amply apply duply haply hiply imply maply reply yeply camply comply couply damply deeply dimply helply jimply limply mltply nipply pimply popply preply purply ripply rumply shiply simply steply supply topply triply two-ply cheaply coapply cripply crisply crumply deapply decuply octuply overply panoply plumply reapply sharply steeply unapply unhiply bishoply +61 words

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

LYP

16 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

LYPs paly -phyl pily play ploy plyg Plym plys poly -poly poly- pyal pyla Pyle yelp

21 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

lp LP ly Ly LY -ly ly- pl PL pl. Pl. P&L P/L py PY py- YL -yl yp Yp YP

53 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Aly bly Bly cly Ely fly Fly Gly gly- ily ILY -ily kly Kly Mly 'oly pay Pay PFY phy Phy PHY Pla PLA PLB plc PLC PLD -ple PLF PLL PLM PLO PLP pls PLs P&Ls P/Ls PLU plz Plz Plz. poy PPY pry Pry Pty puy rly RLY sly Sly vly

14 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ly Ly LY -ly ly- pl PL pl. Pl. P&L P/L py PY py-

7 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

paly pily play ploy poly -poly poly-


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