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The correct spelling is plies.
How to pronounce plies
noun
IPA: /plaɪz/
Say it like: Plee-s
The correct spelling is plies. A layer of material. For example: "two-ply toilet paper"
Usage Examples
“two-ply toilet paper”
“He proposed to build Deep Purple, a super-computer capable of 24-ply look-ahead for chess.”
“He plied his trade as carpenter for forty-three years.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A layer of material.
- 2.A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
- 3.Short for plywood.
- 4.In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
- 5.A condition, a state.
verb
- 1.To bend; to fold; to mould; to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.
- 2.To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
- 3.To work at (something) diligently.
- 4.To wield or use (a tool, a weapon, etc.) steadily or vigorously.
- 5.To press upon; to urge persistently.
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