0 past simple and past participle of ply
1 to sell or to work regularly at something, especially at a job that involves selling things:
2 When a boat, train, bus, etc. plies a particular route, it makes that journey regularly:
Each thread is in turn shown to comprise plied strands of sub-agendas and contradictions which are subtly explored.
They plied a highly personalised and semi-authoritarian regime with substantial resources.
These women plied a limited range of trades relative to their husbands: there were only 15 distinct occupations among these married women, compared to 26 occupations for their husbands.
Before betting shops were legalised, that trade was plied on the streets and gave offence to passers-by.
In the year before the war, the local authorities sup- plied two-thirds of the population's supply of electricity.
I declare an interest as someone who plied his trade, or calling, in the magistrates courts for a number of years.
The principle of the majority rule having brought us to a dead end, what other possible principles might be ap- plied?
I believe 1,000 omnibuses plied on that route on that occasion and got the people there.
