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fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"

a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

place into a river; "plant fish"

something planted secretly for discovery by another; "the police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant"

an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"

fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"

a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

place into a river; "plant fish"

something planted secretly for discovery by another; "the police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant"

an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"

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 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.

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 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.

Any vegetable organism; a sprout or sapling; the tools, machinery, fixtures, and sometimes buildings, of any trade or business; as, a manufacturing plant; the equipment of an institution, as a college of hospital.

To put into the ground for growth; as, to plant seed; to provide or prepare with seeds, roots, etc.; as, to plant a garden; fix in the mind; establish.

A sprout: any vegetable production: a child: the tools or materials of any trade or business.

To put into the ground for growth: to furnish with plants: to set in the mind: to establish.

A vegetable; machinery and outfit of a manufactory.

To set in the ground; establish.

To set in the ground for growth.

To supply (ground) with plants or seeds.

To sow seeds, or set plants.

A vegetable growth.

The appliances required for a factory or other institution.

n. [Latin, Anglo-Saxon] A vegetable; an organic body having a root, stem, and leaves, and propagating itself by seed; herb; shrub; tree, &c.;—a sapling;—a child; a descendant; an inhabitant of a country;—the sole of the foot;—a fraudulent contrivance; deceptive trick;—the fixtures and tools necessary to carry on any trade or mechanical business.