ALL meanings of plant
plant
P p - noun plant small organism 1
- noun plant organism 1
- noun plant factory 1
- transitive verb plant place in soil 1
- noun plant machinery 1
- noun plant power plant 1
- noun plant incriminating evidence 1
- noun plant spy 1
- intransitive verb plant place plants in soil 1
- transitive verb plant put in position 1
- transitive verb plant place with careful aim 1
- transitive verb plant place animals 1
- transitive verb plant stock with fish 1
- transitive verb plant place as a spy 1
- transitive verb plant place incriminating evidence 1
- noun plant any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis. 1
- noun plant an herb or other small vegetable growth, in contrast with a tree or a shrub. 1
- noun plant a seedling or a growing slip, especially one ready for transplanting. 1
- noun plant the equipment, including the fixtures, machinery, tools, etc., and often the buildings, necessary to carry on any industrial business: a manufacturing plant. 1
- noun plant the complete equipment or apparatus for a particular mechanical process or operation: the heating plant for a home. 1
- noun plant the buildings, equipment, etc., of an institution: the sprawling plant of the university. 1
- noun plant Slang. something intended to trap, decoy, or lure, as criminals. 1
- noun plant Slang. a scheme to trap, trick, swindle, or defraud. 1
- noun plant a person, placed in an audience, whose rehearsed or prepared reactions, comments, etc., appear spontaneous to the rest of the audience. 1
- noun plant a person placed secretly in a group or organization, as by a foreign government, to obtain internal or secret information, stir up discontent, etc. 1
- noun plant Theater. a line of dialogue, or a character, action, etc., introducing an idea or theme that will be further developed at a later point in the play: Afterward we remembered the suicide plant in the second act. 1
- verb with object plant to put or set in the ground for growth, as seeds, young trees, etc. 1
- verb with object plant to furnish or stock (land) with plants: to plant a section with corn. 1
- verb with object plant to establish or implant (ideas, principles, doctrines, etc.): to plant a love for learning in growing children. 1
- verb with object plant to introduce (a breed of animals) into a country. 1
- verb with object plant to deposit (young fish, or spawn) in a river, lake, etc. 1
- verb with object plant to bed (oysters). 1
- verb with object plant to insert or set firmly in or on the ground or some other body or surface: to plant posts along a road. 1
- verb with object plant Theater. to insert or place (an idea, person, or thing) in a play. 1
- verb with object plant to place; put. 1
- verb with object plant to place with great force, firmness, or determination: He planted himself in the doorway as if daring us to try to enter. He planted a big kiss on his son's cheek. 1
- verb with object plant to station; post: to plant a police officer on every corner. 1
- verb with object plant to locate; situate: Branch stores are planted all over. 1
- verb with object plant to establish (a colony, city, etc.); found. 1
- verb with object plant to settle (persons), as in a colony. 1
- verb with object plant to say or place (something) in order to obtain a desired result, especially one that will seem spontaneous: The police planted the story in the newspaper in order to trap the thief. 1
- verb with object plant Carpentry. to nail, glue, or otherwise attach (a molding or the like) to a surface. 1
- verb with object plant to place (a person) secretly in a group to function as a spy or to promote discord. 1
- verb with object plant Slang. to hide or conceal, as stolen goods. 1
- countable noun plant A plant is a living thing that grows in the earth and has a stem, leaves, and roots. 0
- verb plant When you plant a seed, plant, or young tree, you put it into the ground so that it will grow there. 0
- verb plant When someone plants land with a particular type of plant or crop, they put plants, seeds, or young trees into the land to grow them there. 0
- countable noun plant A plant is a factory or a place where power is produced. 0
- uncountable noun plant Plant is large machinery that is used in industrial processes. 0
- verb plant If you plant something somewhere, you put it there firmly. 0