English Dictionary

ply

IPA（発音記号）

/plaɪ/

動詞

廃用 他動詞 自動詞

(transitive, obsolete) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.

日本語の意味

（物を）曲げる、折る、折りたたむ / （物の形を）成形する、整える / （比喩的に）適応させる、変える、改変する / （人を）服従させる、従わせる

We ply the sapling until it forms a gentle arch.

私たちは若い苗木を曲げて、柔らかな弧ができるまで続ける。

意味（1）

(transitive, obsolete) To bend; to fold; to mould; (figuratively) to adapt, to modify; to change (a person's) mind, to cause (a person) to submit.

And now when at length the Vineyard has ſhed its late Leaves, and the cold Northwind ſhook from the Groves their Honours; even then the active Swain extends his Cares to the enſuing Year, and cloſe plys the deſolate forſaken Vine, cutting off the ſuperfluous Roots with Saturn's crooked Hook, and forms it by pruning.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To bend, to flex; to be bent by something, to give way or yield (to a force, etc.).

The Oak Upbraided the Willow, that it was Weak and Wavering, and gave way to Every Blaſt. […] Some very little while after This Diſpute, it Blew a Violent Storm. The Willow Ply’d, and gave way to the Guſt, and ſtill recover’d it ſelf again, without receiving any Damage: But the Oak was Stubborn, and choſe rather to Break than Bend.

plies （ present singular third-person ）

plying （ participle present ）

plied （ participle past ）

plied （ past ）