ply
verb [I + adv/prep, T] (TRAVEL) /plaɪ/ old-fashionedDefinition
› When a boat, train, bus, etc. plies a particular route, it makes that journey regularly: High-speed trains regularly ply between Paris and Lyons. This airline has been plying the transatlantic route for many years.Travelling
(Definition of ply verb (TRAVEL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- catch verb (TRAVEL)
- change noun (TRANSPORT)
- coach noun, adverb
- commute verb (TRAVEL)
- connect verb (TRANSPORT)
- cover verb (TRAVEL)
- destination noun
- gad about/around (somewhere) phrasal verb
- gallivant verb
- go round sth phrasal verb
- have sth, will travel idiom
- journey verb
- long-haul adjective
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- tootle verb
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