[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to work with or at diligently; employ busily; use :to ply the needle.", "to carry on, practice, or pursue busily or steadily:to ply a trade.Synonyms: exercise , follow", "to treat with or apply to (something) repeatedly (often followed bywith):to ply a fire with fresh fuel.", "to assail persistently:to ply horses with a whip.", "to supply with or offer something pressingly to:to ply a person with drink.", "to address (someone) persistently or urgently, as with questions, solicitations, etc.; importune .", "to pass over or along (a river, stream, etc.) steadily or on a regular basis:boats that ply the Mississippi."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to run or travel regularly over a fixed course or between certain places, as a boat, bus, etc.", "to perform one's work or office busily or steadily:to ply with the oars; to ply at a trade."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a thickness or layer.", "Automotive.a layer of reinforcing fabric for a tire.", "a unit of yarn:single ply.", "one of the sheets of veneer that are glued together to make plywood .", "Informal. plywood .", "bent, bias, or inclination."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["British Dialect.to bend, fold, or mold."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["Obsolete.to bend, incline, or yield."]}]