Plies Synonyms and Antonyms

An inclination
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. tendencies
  2. bias
  3. bents
To beat
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wields
  2. strikes
  3. throws
  4. whips
  5. exerts
  6. exercises
  7. hurts
A sheet
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. fold
  2. thicknesses
To bend together or make a crease in so that one part lies over another
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. rucks
  2. pleats
  3. folds
  4. doubles
  5. creases
Travel a route regularly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. wields
  2. manipulates
  3. employs
  4. works
  5. runs
  6. urges
  7. steers
  8. handles
  9. shapes
  10. pursues
  11. molds
  12. maneuvers
  13. importunes
  14. folds
  15. exerts
  16. exercises
  17. complies
  18. bends
  19. utilizes
Antonyms:
  1. idles
Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. provides
  2. furnishes
  3. caters
  4. supplies
  5. equips
  6. replenishes
To practice
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pursues
  2. exercises
To engage in diligently; practice:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. handles

Words Related to Plies

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Plies Sentence Examples

  • A ferry plies across the Danube to the Bulgarian fortress of Nicopolis.

  • A fall-block is attached to a fixed point; a running-block is movable to and from a fall-block, with which it is connected by two or more plies of a rope.

  • The load, supported by the lower hook, is raised by hauling on the free end and, neglecting any slight obliquity of the plies of rope, the free end moves six times as fast H L C FIG.

  • Coracle-fishing is performed by two men, each seated in his coracle and with one hand holding the net while with the other he plies his paddle.

  • A government steamer runs regularly from Bathurst to McCarthy's Island, and a smaller boat plies on the upper river.

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