ply

I verb

1) (an old word for to work at: He plies his trade as weaver.) opravljati

2) (to use (a tool etc) vigorously.) (pridno) uporabljati

3) (to keep supplying: They plied their guests with drink.) redno oskrbovati

II noun

(a thickness, layer or strand, as in three-ply / two-ply wool.) debelina (blaga); vlakno

- plywood

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I [plái]

noun

pregib, guba, debelina (blaga); vlakno (vrvi, niti); figuratively nagib, nagnjenje, smer

to take a ply — nagniti se kam, kreniti kam

three-ply — vlakno iz treh niti

II [plái]

1.

transitive verb

rokovati (s čim), uporabljati kaj; opravljati, izvrševati, pridno delati; obdelati, obdelovati (with); figuratively nadlegovati, zasipati (z vprašanji, udarci), ponujati, siliti (k pijači) redno oskrbovati (with s, z); redno voziti po;

2.

intransitive verb

redno voziti (between med); nautical redno pluti (redna zveza), lavirati, pluti proti vetru; truditi se, sukati se pri delu; British English čakati na stranke (nosači, taksisti itd.)

to ply one's book — pridno se učiti

to ply the bottle — rad ga srkati

to ply a trade — opravljati obrt

the ferryboat plies the river — trajekt redno vozi po reki