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- nounpliés (plural noun)
- a movement in which a dancer bends the knees and straightens them again, usually with the feet turned out and heels firmly on the ground.
verbpliés (third person present)- perform a plié:"Krishtof would raise me, then plié around me"
OriginFrench, literally ‘bent’, past participle of plier (see also ply).nounplies (plural noun)- a thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material:"tiles that have a black PVC ply in the lamination"
- a strand of yarn or rope:"four-ply yarn"
- the number of layers or strands of which something is made:"the yarn can be any ply from two to eight"
- a reinforcing layer of fabric in a tire:"a six-ply whitewall tire"
- short for plywood
- (in game theory) the number of levels at which branching occurs in a tree of possible outcomes, typically corresponding to the number of moves ahead (in chess strictly half-moves ahead) considered by a computer program.
- a half-move (i.e. one player's move) in computer chess.
Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘fold’): from French pli ‘fold’, from the verb plier, from Latin plicare ‘to fold’.verbplies (third person present)- work with (a tool, especially one requiring steady, rhythmic movements):"a tailor delicately plying his needle"
- work steadily at (one's business or trade); conduct:"he plied a profitable export trade"
- (of a vessel or vehicle) travel regularly over a route, typically for commercial purposes:"ferries ply across a strait to the island"
- travel over (a route) regularly for commercial purposes:"the motion of the big tug as it plied the Jersey coastline"
- (ply someone with)provide someone with (food or drink) in a continuous or insistent way:"a flight attendant who plied them with soft drinks"
- direct (numerous questions) at someone:"the presiding judge plied him with a series of absurd questions"
Originlate Middle English: shortening of apply.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- work with (a tool, especially one requiring steady, rhythmic movements):
- (of a vessel or vehicle) travel regularly over a route, typically for commercial purposes:
- provide someone with (food or drink) in a continuous or insistent way:
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