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ploying

ploying is the present participle and gerund of ploy.

Meaning of ploy

Verb

ploy (third-person singular simple present ploys, present participle ploying, simple past and past participle ployed)

  1. To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.
    • Troops drawn up so as to show an extended front, with slight depth, are said to be deployed; when the depth is considerable and the front comparatively small, they are said to be in ployed formation.1881, Thomas Wilhelm, A Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    Antonyms:
    deploy

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Questions about ploying

What is ploying the present participle and gerund of?
Ploying is the present participle and gerund of ploy.

Words near ploying in the dictionary

  1. plox
  2. ploy
  3. ploye
  4. ployed
  5. ployes
  6. ploying
  7. ployment
  8. ployments
  9. ploys
  10. ployé
  11. plozasiran

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