Phrasal verb ply someone with something (Definition of plying from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

The meaning of PLY is to use or wield diligently. How to use ply in a sentence.

Someone who is plying you with gifts [=giving you many gifts] probably wants something in return. Waiters plied guests with wine and hors d'oeuvres.

to keep asking (someone) questions:[~ + object] The press kept plying the judge with questions. to pass over or along (a stream, a route, etc.) steadily: [~ + object] boats plying the Mississippi. …

Define plying. plying synonyms, plying pronunciation, plying translation, English dictionary definition of plying. tr.v. plied , ply·ing , plies 1. To join together, as by molding or twisting.

plied, plying to run or travel regularly over a fixed course or between certain places, as a boat, bus, etc. to perform one's work or office busily or steadily. to ply with the oars; to ply at a trade.

Definition of ply verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you ply a trade, you do a particular kind of work regularly as your job, especially a kind of work that involves trying to sell goods or services to people outdoors. ...the market traders noisily …

Plying refers to the act of working diligently or steadily at a particular task. It can also mean to offer something repeatedly, such as a service or an item. Additionally, in the context of crafts, …

High-speed trains regularly ply between Paris and Lyons. This airline has been plying the transatlantic route for many years.