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[plʌɪ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material
(e.g: tiles that have a black PVC ply in the lamination)
- (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
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Origin
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘fold’): from French pli ‘fold’, from the verb plier, from Latin plicare ‘to fold’
[plʌɪ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- work steadily with (a tool)
(e.g: a tailor delicately plying his needle)
- (of a vessel or vehicle) travel regularly over a route, typically for commercial purposes
(e.g: ferries ply across a strait to the island)
- provide someone with (food or drink) in a continuous or insistent way
(e.g: she plied me with tea and scones)
Phrases:
- ply for hire
Origin
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late Middle English: shortening of apply
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