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Noun plant has 4 senses
- plant, works, industrial plant - buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"
--1 is a kind of building complex, complex
--1 has particulars:
- plant, flora, plant life - a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
--2 is a kind of organism, being
--2 is a member of Plantae, kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom
--2 has parts: plant part, plant structure
--2 has particulars:
- plant - 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"
--3 is a kind of contrivance, stratagem, dodge
- plant - an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
--4 is a kind of actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
Verb plant has 6 senses
- plant, set - put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
--1 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentence:
They plant rye in the field
- implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant - fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"
--2 is one way to insert, infix, enter, introduce
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- establish, found, plant, constitute, institute - set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
--3 is one way to initiate, pioneer
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- plant - place into a river; "plant fish"
--4 is one way to stock
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- plant - place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment"
--5 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- plant, implant - put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds"
--6 is one way to communicate, pass on, pass, put across
Sample sentence:
They won't plant the story
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