Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To bend. 2. (v. t.) To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink. 3. (v. t.) To employ diligently; to use steadily. 4. (v. t.) To practice or perform with diligence; to work at. 5. (v. i.) To bend; to yield. 6. (v. i.) To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plies between certain ports. 7. (v. i.) To work to windward; to beat. 8. (n.) A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord. 9. (v.) Bent; turn; direction; bias.

Multi-Version Concordance Ply (3 Occurrences) Revelation 18:17 because in one short hour all this great wealth has been laid waste!' And every shipmaster and every passenger by sea and the crews and all who ply their trade on the sea, (WEY) Isaiah 23:17 And it will be after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will have mercy on Tyre, and she will go back to her trade, acting as a loose woman with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. (See NIV) Jeremiah 14:18 If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, those who are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest go about in the land, and have no knowledge. (See RSV)