Ply

Quick meaning: Ply is a noun meaning A layer of material.

Meaning

A layer of material.

More Meanings

1. A strand that, twisted together with other strands, makes up rope or yarn.
2. (colloquial) Clipping of plywood.
3. (artificial intelligence, combinatorial game theory) In two-player sequential games, a "half-turn" or a move made by one of the players.
4. (now chiefly Scotland) A condition, a state.
5. (intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).
6. (transitive) To work at (something) diligently.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.

Example Sentences

two-ply toilet paper

He proposed to build Deep Purple, a super-computer capable of 24-ply look-ahead for chess.

The compartment ceiling panels are of plastic material backed with ply or hardboard panels.

The designer critic's staff would come in with, for example, loads of three-ply cashmere. The students weren't even selecting their own fabrics.

Word Forms

• plys
• plying

Synonyms for ply

Depending on context, synonyms include run, provide, supply, cater.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cater, run, supply, provide, layer, cover.

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