ply

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A layer of material.
2. (countable, uncountable) A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, countable, uncountable) Clipping of plywood.
4. (countable, uncountable) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
5. (Scotland, countable, uncountable) A condition, a state.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.
2. (intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).

Verb

1. (transitive) To work at (something) diligently.
2. (transitive) To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
3. (transitive) To press upon; to urge persistently.
4. (transitive) To persist in offering something to, especially for the purpose of inducement or persuasion.
5. (ambitransitive) To travel over (a route) regularly.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To work diligently.
7. (intransitive, obsolete) To manoeuvre a sailing vessel so that the direction of the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to work to windward, to beat, to tack.

Έννοιες

αρμενίζω με βόλτες

παρέχω

φύλλο

πάχος

διαπλέω

ενασχολούμαι

διπλώνω

καπλαμάς

κόντρα πλακέ

πτυχή

φιλοπονώ

χειρίζομαι εργαλείο

ενασχολώ

Συνώνυμα

fold

run

strand

exercise

employ

layer

operate

crease

stratum

use

plait

twist

plywood

engage

pucker

coating

utilize

apply

supply

wield

provide

work

thickness

lap

cater

tier

ferment

crinkle

exploit

fiber

exert

crimp

buckle

lamella

inject

educate

course

bias

drive

go round

drill

go by

go around

habituate

impose

inclination

double

jointing

gauge

gage

Μεταφράσεις

betreiben

plooi

pli

strato

filo

🧵

stratagemma

circuler

Falte

Lage

Schicht

exercer

handhaben

maneggiare

manovra

épaisseur

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/plaɪ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: pleit

Συγγενές με Γαλλικά: pli

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: plīen

In summary

From Middle English pleit, plit, plite (“a fold, pleat, wrinkle; braid, strand in a braided cord, ply”), from Anglo-Norman pli, plei, pleit, and Middle French pli, ploy, ply (“a fold, pleat; joint in armour; situation, state”) (modern French pli (“a fold, pleat”)), from plier, ployer (“to bend, fold”), from plicāre (“to bend, fold, roll up”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to fold, plait, weave”).