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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

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