plant
/plænt/ verb B1- To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
- To furnish or supply with plants. · to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest
- To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit. · That gun’s not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer!
- To place or set something firmly or with conviction. · to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a flag; to plant one’s feet on solid ground· Plant your feet firmly and give the rope a good tug.
- To place in the ground.
- To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
- To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish. · to plant a colony
- To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.
He/she/it plants · Past planted · Past participle planted · -ing form planting
Verb forms
- Base form
- plant
- He/she/it
- plants
- Past
- planted
- Past participle
- planted
- -ing form
- planting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He planted his torch in the ground and resumed his labor.
I've not used this plant.
“I was down to the graveyard to plant a rosebush on Matthew’s grave this afternoon,” said Anne dreamily.
It made me feel glad that I could plant it by his grave--as if I were doing something that must please him in taking it there to be near him.
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