Plier

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who plies a trade.
  • n. A variously shaped hand tool having a pair of pivoted jaws, used for holding, bending, or cutting.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Agent noun of ply; one who plies.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which plies.
  • n. plural In fortification, a kind of balance used in raising and letting down a drawbridge, consisting of timbers joined in the form of a St. Andrew's cross.
  • n. plural Small pincers with long jaws, adapted for handling small articles, and also for bending and shaping wire. See cut under nipper
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. someone who plies a trade
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    worker   
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    Dyer    Meier    Meyer    Trier    acquire    attire    briar    brier    buyer    byer   
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    defaut    butin    fuite    saveur    persuader    fillmy    donnerai    d'appui    tourner    eternelle