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| 1. | [ noun ] (business) buildings for carrying on industrial labor | |
| Synonyms: | works industrial_plant | |
| Examples: | "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles" |
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| Related terms: | building_complex factory sewage_disposal_plant bottling_plant refinery smelter packinghouse saltworks recycling_plant mint distillery | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | |
| Synonyms: | plant_life flora | |
| Related terms: | life_form gametophyte aquatic escape vascular_plant myrmecophyte monocarp embryo cryptogam sporophyte rock_plant perennial hygrophyte neophyte wilding garden_plant air_plant acrogen biennial annual fungus houseplant ornamental apomict phytoplankton autophyte plantlet pot_plant endemic poisonous_plant Plantae Plantae plant_part plant_tissue microorganism parasite vegetation threatened leggy epiphytotic girdle amentiferous caespitose etiolate insectivorous clustered saprophytic botanical_medicine squamule lopped tender domesticate bruise pruned endangered half-hardy coca dicotyledonous sedgy gas_system fugacity monocotyledonous circulation mescal evergreen floccose etiolate propagate deciduous horticulturist hispid pappose apocarpous campylotropous orthotropous accrete anatropous amphitropous nitrification photosynthesis alder_blight carnivorous syncarpous alkaline-loving tenderizer perennation peroxidase acid-loving | |
| 3. | [ verb ] put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground | |
| Synonyms: | set | |
| Examples: | "Let's plant flowers in the garden" |
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| Related terms: | situate put replant root puddle dibble checkrow bed afforest set planting | |
| 4. | [ noun ] something planted secretly for discovery by another | |
| Examples: | "the police used a plant to trick the thieves" "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant" |
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| Related terms: | contrivance | |
| 5. | [ verb ] fix or set securely or deeply | |
| Synonyms: | imbed embed implant engraft | |
| Examples: | "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent" "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum" |
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| Related terms: | insert nest pot bury planting implant implantation | |
| 6. | [ verb ] set up or lay the groundwork for | |
| Synonyms: | establish institute found constitute | |
| Examples: | "establish a new department" |
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| Related terms: | initiate appoint fix constitution initiation founder | |
| 7. | [ verb ] place into a river | |
| Examples: | "plant fish" |
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| Related terms: | stock animal_husbandry | |
| 8. | [ verb ] place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive | |
| Examples: | "Plant a spy in Moscow" "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment" |
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| Related terms: | situate | |
| 9. | [ verb ] put firmly in the mind | |
| Synonyms: | implant | |
| Examples: | "Plant a thought in the students' minds" |
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| Related terms: | communicate | |
| 10. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 5729 | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (theater,performing arts) an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience | |
| Related terms: | actor | |
| Similar spelling: |
pliant Plantz Planty Plants Plante planted planter plantar plantal Plantae pliantly plantlet planting plantain Plantago plinth plenty plaint planet planate planetal Pylant Pilant plunder planned |
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