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/plˈæntəd/ /plˈæntɪd/ /plˈænəd/ /plˈænɪd/ Listen

verb

Plant v. t. (past & past part. planted; pres. part. planting)

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. "Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees."

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. "It engenders choler, planteth anger."

To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony. "Planting of countries like planting of woods."

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. "We will plant some other in the throne."

Plant v. i. To perform the act of planting. "I have planted; Apollos watered."

adjective

Planted adj. (Joinery) Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding.

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Etymology of 'Planted'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Planted" Quotes from Famous Books

... the ground, and unbolted; it looked out into the garden, and the sentinel placed beside that portion of the building had a longer range than was usually allotted to the palace guard. Robin soon observed that the lawn beneath was planted with rich clusters of young trees. The hour for evening prayer had arrived; so that the household would be most probably engaged, and the garden free from visitors. He looked from the window; it was one of the loveliest ...

— The Buccaneer - A Tale • Mrs. S. C. Hall

... Sabanjans seems to be killing time; or perhaps waiting for something to turn up. Apple and pear-orchards are scattered about among the brush, looking utterly neglected; they are old trees mostly, and were planted by the more enterprising ancestors of the present owners, who would appear to be altogether unworthy of their sires, since they evidently do nothing in the way of trimming and pruning, but merely accept such blessings ...

— Around the World on a Bicycle V1 • Thomas Stevens

... to the railway-track. It was planted straight up the mountain with the slant of a ladder that leans against a house, and it seemed to us that man would need good nerves who proposed to travel up it ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... the words, De Tekax——L. As we passed La Trinidad we noticed great tanks of water for irrigation before the house, and tall trees with their bare, gray roots running over and enveloping the piles of stones on which they had been planted. There were no other plantations or villages until just before the ninth cross—two and a quarter leagues—we came to the hennequin plantation of San Juan. The mayor domo was delighted to see the padre ...

— In Indian Mexico (1908) • Frederick Starr

... reached the deck, Margaret Dunscombe and the maid Timmins went straight to the cabin. Not feeling at all drawn towards their company, as indeed they had given her no reason, Ellen planted herself by the guards of the boat, not far from the gangway, to watch the busy scene that at another time would have had a great deal of interest and amusement for her. And interest it had now; but it was with a very, very grave little ...

— The Wide, Wide World • Susan Warner

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