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Micro loans are the appropriate response to exploitation by unscrupulous money lenders, who continue to ply their dubious trade in many areas.
Mikrokredite geben die passende Antwort auf die noch immer zu beklagende Ausbeutung durch skrupellose Geldverleiher, die vielerorts ihr Unwesen treiben.
Belly upward, the roach's legs plied the alien air, trying dreamily to regain a foothold; while Frankie, leaning dreamily on one elbow, knew just how that felt.
Sie schwamm auf dem Rücken, und ihre Beine, die matt und schläfrig nach einem festen Halt suchten, bekamen nichts als Luft zu fassen. Frankie, das Kinn auf die Hand gestützt, sah ihr versonnen zu. Er wußte genau, wie man sich in so einer Lage fühlt.
Algren, Nelson / The Man with the Golden ArmAlgren, Nelson / Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm
Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm
Algren, Nelson
© 1983 by Zweitausendeins, Hamburg
© 1949 by Nelson Algren
The Man with the Golden Arm
Algren, Nelson
© 1949 by Nelson Algren, renewed 1976
of coir, consisting of three or more plies;
aus Kokosfasern, drei oder mehrdrahtig;
© Europäische Union, 1998-2010
© European Union, 1998-2010
of coir, consisting of three or more plies;
aus Kokosfasern, drei oder mehrdrähtig;
© Europäische Union, 1998-2011
© European Union, 1998-2011
Is it not in the most absolute simplicity that real genius plies its pinions the most wonderfully ?
Regt nicht in der höchsten Einfachheit der tiefe Genius seine kräftigsten Schwingen?
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-Brueder
Die Serapions-Brueder
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, Munchen
The Serapion Brethren
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.

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Collocations

bias ply tire
Diagonalreifen
cross ply tire
Diagonalreifen
single-ply belt
Einfachriemen
carcass ply
Einlage
air-ply
Flugzeugsperrholz
fabric ply
Gewebeeinlage
radial ply tire
Gürtelreifen
casing ply
Karkassenlage
ply separation
Lagenlösung
ply separation
Lagentrennung
multi-ply
mehrlagig
radial ply tire
Radialreifen
double-ply
zweilagig
ply twist spindle
Zwirnspindel
marine ply
Bootsbau-Sperrholz

Word forms

ply

verb
Basic forms
Pastplied
Imperativeply
Present Participle (Participle I)plying
Past Participle (Participle II)plied
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I plywe ply
you plyyou ply
he/she/it pliesthey ply
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am plyingwe are plying
you are plyingyou are plying
he/she/it is plyingthey are plying
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have pliedwe have plied
you have pliedyou have plied
he/she/it has pliedthey have plied
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been plyingwe have been plying
you have been plyingyou have been plying
he/she/it has been plyingthey have been plying
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I pliedwe plied
you pliedyou plied
he/she/it pliedthey plied
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was plyingwe were plying
you were plyingyou were plying
he/she/it was plyingthey were plying
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had pliedwe had plied
you had pliedyou had plied
he/she/it had pliedthey had plied
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been plyingwe had been plying
you had been plyingyou had been plying
he/she/it had been plyingthey had been plying
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will plywe shall/will ply
you will plyyou will ply
he/she/it will plythey will ply
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be plyingwe shall/will be plying
you will be plyingyou will be plying
he/she/it will be plyingthey will be plying
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have pliedwe shall/will have plied
you will have pliedyou will have plied
he/she/it will have pliedthey will have plied
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been plyingwe shall/will have been plying
you will have been plyingyou will have been plying
he/she/it will have been plyingthey will have been plying
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would plywe should/would ply
you would plyyou would ply
he/she/it would plythey would ply
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be plyingwe should/would be plying
you would be plyingyou would be plying
he/she/it would be plyingthey would be plying
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have pliedwe should/would have plied
you would have pliedyou would have plied
he/she/it would have pliedthey would have plied
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been plyingwe should/would have been plying
you would have been plyingyou would have been plying
he/she/it would have been plyingthey would have been plying
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am pliedwe are plied
you are pliedyou are plied
he/she/it is pliedthey are plied
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being pliedwe are being plied
you are being pliedyou are being plied
he/she/it is being pliedthey are being plied
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been pliedwe have been plied
you have been pliedyou have been plied
he/she/it has been pliedthey have been plied
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was pliedwe were plied
you were pliedyou were plied
he/she/it was pliedthey were plied
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being pliedwe were being plied
you were being pliedyou were being plied
he/she/it was being pliedthey were being plied
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been pliedwe had been plied
you had been pliedyou had been plied
he/she/it had been pliedthey had been plied
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be pliedwe shall/will be plied
you will be pliedyou will be plied
he/she/it will be pliedthey will be plied
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been pliedwe shall/will have been plied
you will have been pliedyou will have been plied
he/she/it will have been pliedthey will have been plied

ply

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseplyplies
Possessive caseply'splies'