Exact Match:
- ply
- (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood
- one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination; "three-ply cord"; "four-ply yarn"
- use diligently; "ply your wits!"
- wield vigorously; "ply an axe"
- join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding; "ply fabric"
- travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast"
- apply oneself diligently; "Ply one's trade"
Synonyms:
- about ship,
- apply pressure,
- back and fill,
- bear away,
- bear off,
- bear to starboard,
- beat,
- beat about,
- beat to windward,
- beset,
- besiege,
- blandish,
- boat,
- box off,
- break,
- bring about,
- bring round,
- bug,
- buttonhole,
- cajole,
- canoe,
- cant,
- cant round,
- carry sail,
- cast,
- cast about,
- change course,
- change the heading,
- circumnavigate,
- close-haul,
- coast,
- coat,
- coating,
- coax,
- collop,
- come about,
- come in contact,
- course,
- cover,
- covering,
- crease,
- creasing,
- crimp,
- crisp,
- cross,
- cruise,
- cut,
- deal,
- disk,
- dispense,
- do,
- do with,
- dog-ear,
- double,
- double a point,
- double over,
- doubling,
- dun,
- duplicature,
- employ,
- enfold,
- exercise,
- exert,
- exert pressure,
- feel,
- feel of,
- fetch about,
- feuille,
- film,
- finger,
- flap,
- flection,
- flexure,
- flick,
- flounce,
- flute,
- foil,
- fold,
- fold over,
- force upon,
- frill,
- function,
- gather,
- go about,
- go by ship,
- go on shipboard,
- go over,
- go to sea,
- gybe,
- handle,
- heave round,
- importune,
- infold,
- insist,
- interfold,
- jibe,
- jibe all standing,
- lamella,
- lamina,
- laminated glass,
- laminated wood,
- lap,
- lap over,
- lapel,
- lappet,
- leaf,
- luff,
- luff up,
- make a passage,
- make use of,
- manage,
- maneuver,
- manipulate,
- measure,
- membrane,
- miss stays,
- motorboat,
- nag,
- nag at,
- navigate,
- operate,
- overpass,
- palm,
- palpate,
- pane,
- panel,
- pass over,
- pass through,
- patina,
- patrol,
- paw,
- peel,
- pellicle,
- perambulate,
- peregrinate,
- pererrate,
- pester,
- pinch,
- plague,
- plait,
- plank,
- plat,
- plate,
- plating,
- play,
- pleat,
- plica,
- plicate,
- plication,
- plicature,
- ply upon,
- plywood,
- poke at,
- practice,
- press,
- press upon,
- pressure,
- prod,
- push,
- push upon,
- put about,
- put back,
- put forth,
- put out,
- quill,
- range,
- range over,
- rasher,
- reconnoiter,
- round a point,
- row,
- ruche,
- ruching,
- ruff,
- ruffle,
- run,
- safety glass,
- sail,
- sail fine,
- sail round,
- sail the sea,
- scour,
- scour the country,
- scout,
- scull,
- scum,
- seafare,
- sheer,
- sheet,
- shift,
- skin,
- slab,
- slat,
- slew,
- slice,
- steam,
- steamboat,
- sweep,
- swerve,
- swing,
- swing round,
- swing the stern,
- table,
- tablet,
- tack,
- take a voyage,
- tap,
- tease,
- throw,
- throw about,
- thrust upon,
- thumb,
- touch,
- touch the wind,
- track,
- transit,
- travel over,
- travel through,
- traverse,
- tuck,
- turn,
- turn back,
- turn over,
- twiddle,
- twill,
- urge,
- urge upon,
- use,
- utilize,
- veer,
- veneer,
- voyage,
- wafer,
- wear,
- wear ship,
- wheedle,
- wield,
- wind,
- work,
- work on,
- yacht,
- yaw