"plier" meaning in English

See plier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-plier.wav Forms: pliers [plural]
Etymology: From ply + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ply|er}} ply + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} plier (plural pliers)
  1. One who plies.
    Sense id: en-plier-en-noun-1Il2tmvb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 44 3 9 15 6 13 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 2 7 12 5 10 9
  2. attributive form of pliers Tags: attributive, form-of Form of: pliers
    Sense id: en-plier-en-noun-iDmOale0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: plier wrenches Related terms: pliers [plural, plural-only]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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