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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : plant, plahnt
Phonetic Transcription : plænt, plɑnt



Definition of plant

Origin :
  • Old English plante "young tree or shrub, herb newly planted," from Latin planta "sprout, shoot, cutting" (source of Spanish planta, French plante), perhaps from *plantare "to drive in with the feet, push into the ground with the feet," from planta "sole of the foot," from nasalized form of PIE *plat- "to spread, flat" (see place (n.)).
  • Broader sense of "any vegetable life, vegetation generally" is first recorded 1550s. Most extended usages are from the verb, on the notion of "something planted;" e.g. "construction for an industrial process," 1789, at first with reference to the set-up of machinery, later also the building; also slang meaning "a spy" (1812). Many of these follow similar developments in the French form of the word. German Pflanz, Irish cland, Welsh plant are from Latin.
  • noun organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom
  • noun factory and its buildings, equipment
  • verb put in the ground for growing
  • verb establish, set
Example sentences :
  • He might plant two shots before there was a return; he let the idea slip away from him.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • I could not succeed in finding the plant for which they had been digging.
  • Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
  • But, when I'm out of this, I'll hunt you down again and I'll plant you full of lead, my son!
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • True, the plant has enemies, like everything else, enemies which it may not escape.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • Now as for these rotters, I'll plant a crop of fists on their faces.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • Every part of this plant was put to some use by the Egyptians.
  • Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 265, July 21, 1827 » by Various
  • In the belief of the Indians this plant opens the door to visions.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • The plant grows a number of years before it decides to flower.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • No wonder that plant has ever since borne the well-omened name.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • You can no more judge of a mind in ignorance than of a plant in darkness.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

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