Used in a Sentence

plier

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for plier.

Editorial note

Caveat, it takes some getting accustomed to if you're used to the standard plier style(They make those, too).

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

One who plies.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of plier gathered in one view.

noun

One who plies.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for plier.

noun

One who plies.

Example sentences

1

Caveat, it takes some getting accustomed to if you're used to the standard plier style(They make those, too).

2

You can cut them straight through their cables with a simple plier and zero effort, in one motion.

3

Weird selection: there are obviously a basically infinite variety of plier-like objects used for exactly one task.

4

It is not very easy, but if you have a good plier set, perfectly doable!

5

I just bought two of their Cobra channel lock / water pump pliers, an electrician's plier and wire cutters.

6

Working with your hands, on the other hand, requires snap-ring-plier specific tools.

7

Just last week I tried to find a Robogrip plier like I had twenty years ago.

8

What he actually did was take a plier and break the input for the tuner and then put a small piece of tape over it.

9

New season skiboard sounds like new season wrench/plier to me.

10

I know I've put my full weight on a knipex combination plier before to cut something that I probably shouldn't be cutting with it.

11

I've got many plier wrenches and even the cheap ones do nearly every single job I can think of better than an adjustable wrench.

12

Oh, and if the hardware store goes out of business you can never access the pliers again because it turns out they were leased from the plier manufacturer.

Quote examples

1

I have these - based on some other "holy grail of plier-wrench" article I read ten years ago...

2

LOP and Racket have been an incred­i­ble force mul­ti­plier on my pro­gram­ming pro­duc­tiv­ity" Well, wouldn't we expect that the author of a particular programming language to be mad productive in it because, you know, they designed all the mental models and assumptions that are baked into it?

Proper noun examples

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Their Pliers Wrench line has an adjustment mechanism like a channel lock plier, but then has a jaw that’s on a cam mechanism to keep the two jaws parallel.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use plier in a sentence?

Caveat, it takes some getting accustomed to if you're used to the standard plier style(They make those, too).

What does plier mean?

One who plies.

What part of speech is plier?

plier is commonly used as noun.