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Quick definitions from WordNet (plant)
▸ noun: a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
▸ noun: buildings for carrying on industrial labor ("They built a large plant to manufacture automobiles")
▸ noun: something planted secretly for discovery by another ("The police used a plant to trick the thieves")
▸ noun: an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
▸ verb: place into a river ("Plant fish")
▸ verb: put firmly in the mind ("Plant a thought in the students' minds")
▸ verb: place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive ("Plant a spy in Moscow")
▸ verb: put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground ("Let's plant flowers in the garden")
▸ verb: set up or lay the groundwork for
▸ verb: fix or set securely or deeply ("He planted a knee in the back of his opponent")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #5729)
▸ Also see plants
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to plant
▸ Usage examples for plant
▸ Idioms related to plant (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing plant
▸ Words that often appear near plant
▸ Rhymes of plant
▸ Invented words related to plant
▸ noun: a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
▸ noun: buildings for carrying on industrial labor ("They built a large plant to manufacture automobiles")
▸ noun: something planted secretly for discovery by another ("The police used a plant to trick the thieves")
▸ noun: an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
▸ verb: place into a river ("Plant fish")
▸ verb: put firmly in the mind ("Plant a thought in the students' minds")
▸ verb: place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive ("Plant a spy in Moscow")
▸ verb: put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground ("Let's plant flowers in the garden")
▸ verb: set up or lay the groundwork for
▸ verb: fix or set securely or deeply ("He planted a knee in the back of his opponent")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 50000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #5729)
▸ Also see plants
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to plant
▸ Usage examples for plant
▸ Idioms related to plant (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing plant
▸ Words that often appear near plant
▸ Rhymes of plant
▸ Invented words related to plant