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plant

(pl/&/nt )

buildings for carrying on industrial labor(noun.artifact)

Example:
They built a large plant to manufacture automobiles.

Synonym:
industrial plant, works

source: wordnet30
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion(noun.tops)

Synonym:
flora, plant life

source: wordnet30
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience(noun.person)

source: wordnet30
something planted secretly for discovery by another(noun.cognition)

Example:
The police used a plant to trick the thieves.
He claimed that the evidence against him was a plant.

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground(verb.contact)

Example:
Let's plant flowers in the garden.

Synonym:
set

source: wordnet30
fix or set securely or deeply(verb.contact)

Example:
He planted a knee in the back of his opponent.
The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum.

Synonym:
embed, engraft, imbed, implant

source: wordnet30
set up or lay the groundwork for(verb.creation)

Synonym:
constitute, establish, found, institute

source: wordnet30
place into a river(verb.possession)

Example:
Plant fish.

source: wordnet30
place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive(verb.contact)

Example:
Plant a spy in Moscow.
Plant bugs in the dissident's apartment.

source: wordnet30
put firmly in the mind(verb.cognition)

Example:
Plant a thought in the students' minds.

Synonym:
implant

source: wordnet30
To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize.(verb)

source: webster1913
To perform the act of planting.(verb)

source: webster1913