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1 ply
I verb1) (an old word for to work at: He plies his trade as weaver.) opravljati2) (to use (a tool etc) vigorously.) (pridno) uporabljati3) (to keep supplying: They plied their guests with drink.) redno oskrbovatiII noun(a thickness, layer or strand, as in three-ply / two-ply wool.) debelina (blaga); vlakno- plywood* * *I [plái]nounpregib, guba, debelina (blaga); vlakno (vrvi, niti); figuratively nagib, nagnjenje, smerto take a ply — nagniti se kam, kreniti kamII [plái]1.transitive verbrokovati (s čim), uporabljati kaj; opravljati, izvrševati, pridno delati; obdelati, obdelovati ( with); figuratively nadlegovati, zasipati (z vprašanji, udarci), ponujati, siliti (k pijači) redno oskrbovati ( with s, z); redno voziti po;2.intransitive verbredno voziti ( between med); nautical redno pluti (redna zveza), lavirati, pluti proti vetru; truditi se, sukati se pri delu; British English čakati na stranke (nosači, taksisti itd.) -
2 three-ply
[mrí:plai]adjectivetrojen (vrv itd.) -
3 two-ply
[tú:plai]adjectivedvojno, dvakratno tkan (spleten); sestavljen iz dveh žic, iz dveh niti -
4 labo(u)r
I [léibə]noundelo, trud, muka; economy delavci, delavski razred; medicine porodni popadkiLabour — britanska laburistična stranka, laburistiskilled labo(u)r — kvalificirano delo, kvalificirani delavciunskilled labo(u)r — nekvalificirano delo, nekvalificirani delavciBritish English Ministry of Labour — Ministrstvo za delolabo(u)r of love — prostovoljno, neplačano delohis labo(u)rs are over — konec je njegovih muk, umrl jeII [léibə]1.intransitive verb(težko) delati (at pri, za); truditi se, mučiti se, boriti se ( for za); prebijati se, z muko napredovati ( along); težko se prebijati ( through skozi); močno se zibati (ladja); medicine imeti porodne popadke; archaic & poetically obdelovati (zemljo);2.transitive verbpodrobno obdelati, dolgovezno razgljabljati
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ply — [plaɪ] verb plied PTandPP JOURNALISM 1. [transitive] to sell something: • 60 retailers were plying their products on the radio. 2. ply your trade to work at your job or business: • two outdoor … Financial and business terms
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Ply — Ply, n. [Cf. F. pli, fr. plier. See {Ply}, v.] 1. A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Bent; turn; direction; bias. [1913 Webster] The late learners can not so well take the ply. Bacon. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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ply your trade — ► to do your job: »Having worked as a government lawyer for 15 years, he is departing for the private sector to ply his trade as a barrister at Lincoln s Inn. Main Entry: ↑ply … Financial and business terms
ply — ply1 [plī] vt. plied, plying [ME plien < OFr plier < L plicare, to fold < IE base * plek , to entwine > FLAX] Now Rare to bend, twist, fold, or mold vi. Obs. to bend or submit n. pl. plies [MFr pli < the v.] 1 … English World dictionary
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