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plane

/pleɪn/ verb C2
  1. To move in a way that lifts the bow out of the water.
  2. To glide or soar.

He/she/it planes · Past planed · Past participle planed · -ing form planing

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Verb forms

Base form
plane
He/she/it
planes
Past
planed
Past participle
planed
-ing form
planing

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Debray was admitted to the house for this grand ceremony, but on the same plane with everyone else, and without any particular privilege.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 967 · C1
Of a branch of a plane, with a knife of my own,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 16 · C1
“My dear Watson, you evidently did not realize my meaning when I said that this man may be taken as being quite on the same intellectual plane as myself.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 116 · B2
“No, monsieur, I swear to you, by my hopes of salvation, I will tell you all, for the Abbé Busoni himself only knew a part of my secret; but, I pray you, go away from that plane-tree.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 464 · C1

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