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- noun Plural form of
ply . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ply .
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Examples
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Henry says 'plies' are always performed at the beginning of the workout because they stretch all the muscles of the legs and prepare the body for the exercises to follow.
unknown title 2009
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Henry says 'plies' are always performed at the beginning of the workout because they stretch all the muscles of the legs and prepare the body for the exercises to follow.
unknown title 2009
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Anthony Cascella opened Breakdown Records 25 years ago, and he still plies his trade amid dusty racks of cheaply priced vinyl and CDs.
One-Day Record-Store Revival Nick Neyland 2011
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From the choreographer slowly rolling across a stage covered in artificial snow to a room full of dancers silently bending in deep grand plies, the guy knows how to set the mood.
A visual feast just needs a bit of food for thought Rebecca Ritzel 2011
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She plays on his love of finery and wild, risky living and plies him with extravagant compliments and hints of undreamed of favours yet to come—absurd.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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A Robin is building at our back door, the Blackbird sings in the meadow behind, the Nightingale is heard even to the doors, the Cuckow plies his two notes all day, and a colony of frogs their one by twilight. best love to All,
Letter 276 2009
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A "sound-effects choir" plies its trade against applicable scenes; there are separate tributes to writers (as portrayed on-screen), foreign films and "America in the movies"; also the annual memorial service and a sampling of special honoree Ennio Morricone's scoring achievements.
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Hurtigruten, which plies Norway's magnificently craggy western coast, specializes in rocks, fish and sea, with a dollop of heavy machinery thrown in.
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Venture out into the waters and woodlands of New England, and there's a chance you'll bump into "Champ," America's own Loch Ness Monster, who allegedly plies the muddy ripples of Lake Champlain.
Boing Boing 2009
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Hurtigruten, which plies Norway's magnificently craggy western coast, specializes in rocks, fish and sea, with a dollop of heavy machinery thrown in.
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