Meaning of 'plant' (Webster Dictionary)
- A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without
feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem,
and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy
expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule.
- A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.
- The sole of the foot.
- The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a
trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate,
and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying
on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished
products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad.
- A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.
- An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of
natural growth.
- A young oyster suitable for transplanting.
- To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to
plant maize.
- To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a
vegetable with roots.
- To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden,
an orchard, or a forest.
- To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
- To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle;
to establish; as, to plant a colony.
- To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as,
to plant Christianity among the heathen.
- To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to
plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant
one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face.
- To set up; to install; to instate.
- To perform the act of planting.
Meaning of 'plant' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- something planted secretly for discovery by another
Example in sentence:- he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant;
- the police used a plant to trick the thieves
Meaning (2):
- buildings for carrying on industrial labor
Example in sentence:- they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles
Meaning (3):
- set up or lay the groundwork for
Example in sentence:- establish a new department
Meaning (4):
- fix or set securely or deeply
Example in sentence:- He planted a knee in the back of his opponent;
- The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
Meaning (5):
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
Example in sentence:- Let's plant flowers in the garden
Meaning (6):
- place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
Example in sentence:- Plant a spy in Moscow;
- plant bugs in the dissident's apartment
Meaning (7):
- put firmly in the mind
Example in sentence:- Plant a thought in the students' minds
Meaning (8):
- place into a river
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