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IELTS BNC: 690 COCA: 623

plant

1 plant /ˈplænt/ noun
plural plants
1 plant
/ˈplænt/
noun
plural plants
Learner's definition of PLANT
[count]
: a living thing that grows in the ground, usually has leaves or flowers, and needs sun and water to survive植物
see also houseplant, pot plant
: a building or factory where something is made工厂
see also power plant
US : the land, buildings, and equipment of an organization房屋;设施
: something that is put in a place to trick or confuse people栽赃物品
: a person who is put in a place as a spy or for a secret purpose密探;间谍;卧底

— plantlike

/ˈplæntˌlaɪk/ adjective [more plantlike; most plantlike]
2 plant /ˈplænt/ verb
plants; planted; planting
2 plant
/ˈplænt/
verb
plants; planted; planting
Learner's definition of PLANT
[+ object]
: to put (a seed, flower, or plant) in the ground to grow栽种;种植
: to fill (an area) with seeds, flowers, or plants种满;栽种
: to put or place (something) in the ground(把…)插入地面,埋入地下
: to put or place (something or yourself) firmly or forcefully on a surface or in a particular position(用力)打击,接触;固定
: to put (someone or something) in a place secretly秘密安插(或放置)
: to cause (a story, rumor, etc.) to be reported or talked about usually for some secret purpose(通常出于不可告人的目的)发布,散布
: to cause (an idea, feeling, etc.) to be in someone's mind(使思想、情感等)植根于
IELTS BNC: 690 COCA: 623

plant

1 of 2

verb

planted; planting; plants

transitive verb

1
a
: to put or set in the ground for growth
plant seeds
b
: to set or sow with seeds or plants
c
2
c
: to place (animals) in a new locality
d
: to stock with animals
3
a
: to place in or on the ground
b
: to place firmly or forcibly
planted a hard blow on his chin
4
a
b
: to covertly place for discovery, publication, or dissemination

intransitive verb

: to plant something
plantable adjective

plant

2 of 2

noun

1
a
: a young tree, vine, shrub, or herb planted or suitable for planting
b
: any of a kingdom (Plantae) of multicellular eukaryotic mostly photosynthetic organisms typically lacking locomotive movement or obvious nervous or sensory organs and possessing cellulose cell walls
2
a
: the land, buildings, machinery, apparatus, and fixtures employed in carrying on a trade or an industrial business
b
: a factory or workshop for the manufacture of a particular product
also : power plant
c
: the total facilities available for production or service
d
: the buildings and other physical equipment of an institution
3
: an act of planting
4
: something or someone planted
plantlike adjective

Example Sentences

Verb I planted corn this year. I planted the border with roses. a field planted with corn She planted stakes in the garden to hold the vines. I firmly planted my feet and refused to move. He planted himself in front of the TV and stayed there. Terrorists planted a bomb in the bus station. She claims that the police planted the drugs in her car. He was a spy planted in the office by a rival company. Someone planted a rumor saying that he had died. Noun The gangsters never suspected that he was a police plant. a furniture plant that employs hundreds of people See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Some of the changes in productivity come from farmers’ decisions, like choosing to plant more in order to make up for a dry year, or less to mitigate the fertilizer price hikes created by Russia withholding exports. WIRED, 9 Sep. 2022 Today, with universal availability of things to plant in the spring, many just let their plants die back and start over at the beginning of next season. Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2022 Here are some of our absolute favorite spring-blooming varieties to plant in your garden this fall. Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022 Think ahead to plant the right flowers, fruits, and vegetables in the right conditions. Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2022 Meanwhile, last year Meta enlisted a political lobbying firm to secretly plant negative opinion pieces about TikTok in U.S. news outlets. Todd Spangler, Variety, 26 July 2022 His grandfather was the first to plant Vermentino grapes in this region. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 July 2022 Farmers were allowed to plant in flood-prone land and reimbursed for their crops, which is much cheaper than constructing new levees. Mikhail Chester, Scientific American, 22 July 2022 There is time to plant more of the nectar plants for the fall butterflies, including the monarchs that will be migrating through San Antonio on their way to their wintering ground in Central Mexico. Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Sep. 2022
Noun
However, there are several items that cannot wait; the work on the northern water treatment plant is critical to our town, as are the traffic mitigation and roadway improvement projects. Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2022 Officials are working to increase that number to as much as 35% by converting the city’s oldest wastewater treatment plant into an advanced water purification facility, among other projects. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022 River flooding overwhelmed the city water treatment plant, halted water service, and forced the community to buy bottled water in droves. Theara Coleman, The Week, 16 Sep. 2022 The facility is the largest sewage treatment plant in Washington and the third largest on the West Coast. Fox News, 16 Sep. 2022 Even before the rainfall, officials said some water pumps had failed and a treatment plant was using backup pumps. Emily Wagster Pettus, ajc, 15 Sep. 2022 Last month, at least 180,000 people went without reliable drinking water in Jackson after pumps at the main water treatment plant failed. Teddy Grant, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2022 Roughly 33 million gallons of water a day goes into Farmington Bay from indoor water use that goes down sewer connections and into the treatment plant. The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Sep. 2022 Town Meeting will decide on Sept. 19 where to locate a new water treatment plant. Johanna Seltz, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Old English plantian, from Late Latin plantare to plant, fix in place, from Latin, to plant, from planta plant

Noun

Middle English plante, from Old English, from Latin planta

First Known Use

Verb

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of plant was before the 12th century
IELTS BNC: 690 COCA: 623
plant

noun¹

1living thing生物ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLANT | PLANT + VERB | PLANT + NOUN ADJECTIVEdelicate嬌弱的植物wild野生植物native原生植物rare稀有植物garden, house, indoor, potted園林/室內盆栽/室內/盆栽植物exotic, tropical異國/熱帶植物medicinal藥用植物food食用植物The butterfly's sole food plant is wild lupine.這種蝴蝶的唯一食用植物是野生羽扇豆。crop農作物poisonous有毒植物perennial多年生植物aquatic, desert, marsh, water水生植物;沙漠植物;沼澤植物bedding, climbing, flowering, ornamental花壇/攀緣/有花/觀賞植物woody木本植物herbaceous, leguminous (both technical術語) 草本/豆科植物strawberry, tomato, etc.草莓、番茄等植株VERB + PLANTcultivate, grow培育/栽種植物water澆灌植物protect保護植物PLANT + VERBdevelop, grow植物生長flourish植物生長茂盛die植物枯萎absorb sth植物吸收⋯Plants absorb carbon in the form of carbon dioxide.植物吸收二氧化碳中的碳。produce sth植物產生⋯PLANT + NOUNroots植物的根莖growth植物的生長life植物Much of the local plant life has been destroyed by the chemicals.當地很多植物已經被化學品摧毀了。species, variety植物種類/品種population植物種群material, matter, tissue植物材料/物質/組織cell植物細胞pot花盆food植物養料science植物學
plant

noun²

2factory工廠ADJECTIVE | VERB + PLANT | PLANT + VERB | PLANT + NOUN ADJECTIVEindustrial產業工廠assembly, manufacturing, production裝配廠;製造廠;生產廠家auto, car (especially BrE) 汽車廠nuclear, power核電站;發電廠coal-fired燃煤發電廠processing, reprocessing, sewage, treatment, water, water-treatment煉油廠;(核燃料)後處理廠;污水處理廠;處理廠;水廠;水處理廠a waste reprocessing plant廢物後處理廠chemical, petrochemical化工廠;石油化工廠VERB + PLANTbuild建造工廠manage, run管理/經營工廠PLANT + VERBproduce sth工廠生產⋯PLANT + NOUNmanager工廠經理
plant

verb¹

1put plants/seeds in the ground to grow種植ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERBcarefully細心栽種deliberately有意種植weeds that had not been deliberately planted並非有意種植的草PREPOSITIONin栽種在⋯裏Carefully plant your cutting in the soil.將插條小心地栽種到土裏。with栽種着⋯The garden was planted with roses and other shrubs.花園裏種着玫瑰和其他灌木。PHRASESdensely planted稠密栽種The Bordeaux area is densely planted with vine.波爾多地區密集種植着葡萄。newly planted, recently planted新近/最近栽種的recently planted maples最近栽種的楓樹widely planted廣泛種植Zinfandel is California's most widely planted red grape.仙粉黛是加州種植最廣泛的紅葡萄。
plant

verb²

2put sth firmly in a place/position放置ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERBfirmly, squarely牢固地/穩妥地安放She planted a kiss squarely on his cheek.她鄭重地在他面頰上印上一個吻。PREPOSITIONon安放在⋯上He was determined to keep both feet firmly planted on dry land.他堅持不下水。

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