dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/ply_MW.json
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{
"ply":{
"antonyms":[
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"open-mindedness",
"unbiasedness"
],
"definitions":{
": a layer of a paper or cardboard":[],
": inclination , bias":[],
": one of several layers (as of cloth) usually sewn or laminated together":[],
": one of the strands in a yarn":[],
": one of the veneer sheets forming plywood":[],
": to apply oneself steadily":[],
": to go or travel regularly":[],
": to go or travel regularly over, on, or through":[
"jets plying the skies"
],
": to keep furnishing or supplying something to":[
"plied us with liquor"
],
": to make a practice of rowing or sailing over or on":[
"the boat plies the river"
],
": to practice or perform diligently":[
"ply a trade"
],
": to twist together":[
"ply two single yarns"
],
": to use or wield diligently":[
"busily plying his pen"
]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"a single ply of fabric",
"since taking a ply to French burgundies, he's hardly even looked at anything else in the wine store",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Traditionally, the San Diego County event is the first major fair of the season for the vendors who ply the national fair circuit. \u2014 San Diego Union-Tribune , 8 June 2022",
"These have been reported and defined by Mundo Deportivo on Friday, currently ply their trade in places as far and wide as Portugal and Bulgaria from Western to Eastern Europe, and are as follows. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 6 May 2022",
"For sideshow performers who typically ply their trade in bars and other traditional venues, working the World of Wonders is a badge of honor. \u2014 David Hill, Harper\u2019s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022",
"Professional matchmakers in the ATL ply their trade in the new unscripted series. \u2014 Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times , 6 May 2022",
"In the meantime, the photographer who\u2019s more famous in Nashville than Cleveland is looking for more opportunities to ply his art on the North Coast. \u2014 John Canale, cleveland , 23 May 2022",
"The steamer was designed for river service, to ply the length of the Columbia River. \u2014 David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News , 15 May 2022",
"But the facts of the matter that Fjortoft mentioned are that Haaland was supposedly offered a five-year deal to ply his trade at the Camp Nou when Laporta met Raiola in Monaco. \u2014 Tom Sanderson, Forbes , 7 Mar. 2022",
"Only occasional road trains\u2014the three-trailer trucks that ply outback roads\u2014rumbled into the north, and then, not so much. \u2014 Anthony Ham, Smithsonian Magazine , 13 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
"Two- ply yarn means a thread that is made up of two smaller strands that have been twisted together. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"The district warehouse stores two- ply TP for schools. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"Gimmicky marketers use two- or three- ply yarns to double or triple the thread count. \u2014 Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping , 31 May 2022",
"The masks feature five layers, including a three- ply nanofiber membrane filter, which has been tested by Nelson Labs to provide over 99.9 percent filtration against viruses, bacteria, pollen, air pollution, smoke and other pollutants. \u2014 Nicole Charky-chami, The Hollywood Reporter , 10 Mar. 2022",
"And a three- ply mask is much more effective in shielding people from infection. \u2014 Chris Morris, Fortune , 3 Jan. 2022",
"High-strength steel, nylon, or polyester plies don\u2019t need to use as much material to provide an equivalent capacity to the cotton plies of yore, so tires now feature a ply equivalent rating. \u2014 Wes Siler, Outside Online , 6 Apr. 2021",
"Jacob celebrates receiving a roll of two- ply toilet paper with his class on March 22, 2022. \u2014 Connor Sanders, The Salt Lake Tribune , 31 Mar. 2022",
"These days, most roofers then apply a single- ply (white or black) watertight membrane resembling a thick pool liner. \u2014 Washington Post , 13 Oct. 2021"
],
"first_known_use":{
"14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"Verb",
"1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"circa 1909, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English plien , short for applien to apply":"Verb",
"Middle English plien to fold, from Anglo-French plier, pleier , from Latin plicare ; akin to Old High German flehtan to braid, Latin plectere , Greek plekein":"Verb and Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pl\u012b"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"bias",
"favor",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"parti pris",
"partiality",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"tendentiousness"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-225941",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ply for hire/business/trade":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to try to get customers or business":[
"Taxis ply for hire/business outside the train station.",
"The company is plying for trade in America."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-123529",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"ply one's trade":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to do one's particular kind of work":[
"Wood-carvers were plying their trade in the town square."
]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{},
"history_and_etymology":{},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-122710",
"type":[
"idiom"
]
},
"plygain":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an old Welsh custom of carol or hymn singing at cockcrow on Christmas morning":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pli\u02ccg\u012bn"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Welsh, dawn, cockcrow, matins, plygain; akin to Latin pullus young fowl, young of an animal and to Latin canere to sing":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160340"
},
"plyometrics":{
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction"
],
"definitions":{
": exercise involving repeated rapid stretching and contracting of muscles (as by jumping and rebounding) to increase muscle power":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccpl\u012b-\u0259-\u02c8me-triks"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Lundstrom also likes to use plyometrics as part of the max effort training for his runners. \u2014 Carl Leivers, Outside Online , 15 July 2019",
"Neither plyometrics nor ballistics are beginner training strategies. \u2014 Men's Health , 31 May 2022",
"One response suggests strength training; another suggests plyometrics ; another focuses on mitochondrial efficiency and other microscopic properties of muscle fibers. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 18 May 2020",
"Cooper, 5-10 and 190, ran cross-country to lose weight, did plyometrics to gain strength and bought his own discus to practice year-round. \u2014 David Woods, The Indianapolis Star , 12 May 2022",
"Few runners care to make time to add plyometrics workouts to their training regimen. \u2014 Matt Fitzgerald, Outside Online , 24 Nov. 2015",
"Two-footed jump rope is an easy introduction to low-intensity plyometrics . \u2014 Kyle Norman, Outside Online , 4 Mar. 2019",
"Types of training include weightlifting, resistance band exercises, calisthenics (bodyweight exercises), weight sled work, hill sprints, plyometrics , and more. \u2014 Outside Online , 22 June 2020",
"Be cautious with plyometrics , and progress at a quite moderate rate. \u2014 Joe Friel, Outside Online , 11 Nov. 2020"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably irregular from plio- + -metrics (as in isometrics )":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1975, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-192714"
},
"Plymouth Rock":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": any of a U.S. breed of medium-sized single-combed domestic chickens raised for eggs and meat":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pli-m\u0259th-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Plymouth Rock , traditional site of Pilgrim landing in 1620":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1849, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-213653"
},
"plymetal":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": plywood sheathed on both sides with aluminum and used especially in airplane construction":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-214322"
},
"Plymouth porcelain":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the first English commercial hard-paste porcelain made at Plymouth (1768\u201370) and continued at Bristol":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-220140"
},
"Plymothean":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a native or resident of Plymouth , Massachusetts":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccplim\u0259\u02c8th\u0113\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"irregular from Plymouth , town in southeast Massachusetts + English -an":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-015513"
},
"Plymouth":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"town on":[
"Plymouth Bay (an inlet of the Atlantic)",
"Plymouth Rock (the spot traditionally considered to be where the Pilgrims first landed)"
],
"in southeastern Massachusetts that is the location of":[
"Plymouth Bay (an inlet of the Atlantic)",
"Plymouth Rock (the spot traditionally considered to be where the Pilgrims first landed)"
],
"population 56,468":[
"Plymouth Bay (an inlet of the Atlantic)",
"Plymouth Rock (the spot traditionally considered to be where the Pilgrims first landed)"
],
"city in southeastern Minnesota northwest of Minneapolis population 70,576":[],
"city and port":[
"on Plymouth Sound (an inlet of the English Channel)"
],
"in Devon, southwestern England population 238,800":[
"on Plymouth Sound (an inlet of the English Channel)"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pli-m\u0259th"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-020858"
},
"Plymouth Brother":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a member of a religious body organized about 1830 in Plymouth, England, that takes the Bible as its sole guide, protests against sectarianism and rejects creeds and rituals, has no ordained ministry, organizes its meetings on a New Testament pattern, baptizes believers only, partakes of the Lord's Supper every Sunday, and emphasizes premillennialism":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-055109"
},
"Plymouth cloak":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": staff , cudgel":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"from Plymouth , England; probably from the idea that a returned traveler landing at Plymouth without money or adequate clothing could more easily provide himself with a staff to ward off possible beatings than with a cloak to cushion himself against them":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-141013"
},
"Plymothian":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a native or resident of Plymouth , England":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\""
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"irregular from Plymouth , city in southwest England + English -an":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-200654"
},
"ply one's wares":{
"type":[
"idiom"
],
"definitions":{
": to sell one's goods":[
"a street where many artists ply their wares on the sidewalk"
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-212551"
},
"ply with":{
"type":[
"phrasal verb"
],
"definitions":{
": to offer or give (something) to (someone) repeatedly or constantly":[
"Waiters plied guests with wine and hors d'oeuvres.",
"He plied me with questions."
]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230803"
},
"plywood":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a structural material consisting of sheets of wood glued or cemented together with the grains of adjacent layers arranged at right angles or at a wide angle":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8pl\u012b-\u02ccwu\u0307d"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Barefoot laborers muscle logs up the riverbank where men shape them into plywood and planks. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
"It\u2019s made of thin flakes of wood layered and glued together, topped by a thin laminate textured to resemble T1-11 plywood , which resembles rough-cut boards aligned vertically, side by side. \u2014 Jeanne Huber, Washington Post , 6 June 2022",
"Like the original, this replica comes in both standard and tall heights, made from plywood and genuine leather. \u2014 Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics , 5 June 2022",
"Cover windows with plywood or storm panels, bring in or tie down outdoor objects such as patio furniture and swings. \u2014 al , 4 June 2022",
"Like most Murphy beds, they\u2019re built with plywood , which can warp easily. \u2014 Jill Gleeson, Country Living , 26 May 2022",
"An aerial view of the park shared on Saturday by Michigan State Police shows many of the homes completely leveled, turned into mounds of insulation, plywood and the contents of people's lives. \u2014 Christine Macdonald, Detroit Free Press , 22 May 2022",
"The main job of a circular saw is to cut large pieces of lumber and plywood . \u2014 Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping , 22 Apr. 2022",
"Imports also include chemical products and semi-finished steel products, plywood and, paradoxically, bullets and cartridge shells. \u2014 Marcy Gordon, The Christian Science Monitor , 8 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1907, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-052312"
},
"ply yarn":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": yarn made by twisting together two or more strands that are often different in fiber and color":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-183710"
}
}