Antonyms for plant
plænt, plɑntplant

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1. plant

   We set or set out slips, cuttings, young trees, etc., tho we may also be said to plant them; we plant corn, potatoes, etc., which we put in definite places, as in hills, with some care; we sow wheat or other small grains and seeds which are scattered in the process. Tho by modern agricultural machinery the smaller grains are almost as precisely planted as corn, the old word for broadcast scattering is retained. Land is seeded or seeded down to grass.

   Antonyms:
   eradicate, extirpate, root up, uproot, weed out

   Synonyms:
   seed, seed down, set, set out, sow

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1. plant

   Antonyms:
   remove, extract, eradicate, extirpate, disestablish, transport, denude, transplant, displace

   Synonyms:
   set, insert, settle, establish, introduce, stock, fix, place

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1. • Actor
   • Animal Husbandry
   • Building Complex
   • Communicate
   • Initiate
   • Place
   • Position
   • Stock

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1. plant, works, industrial plantnoun

   buildings for carrying on industrial labor

   "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"

   Synonyms:
   whole kit and boodle, whole kit and caboodle, whole shebang, flora, works, industrial plant, whole caboodle, plant life, whole works, workings, full treatment, deeds, whole kit, kit and caboodle, kit and boodle

2. plant, flora, plant lifenoun

   (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

   Synonyms:
   plant life, vegetation, industrial plant, botany, flora, works

3. plantnoun

   an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

   Synonyms:
   plant life, industrial plant, flora, works

4. plantverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   plant life, industrial plant, flora, works

5. plant, setverb

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

   "Let's plant flowers in the garden"

   Synonyms:
   lay out, go under, dress, place, prepare, institute, put, localize, coiffe, fix, establish, fructify, gear up, go down, implant, found, imbed, jell, position, arrange, define, specify, mark, lay, correct, countersink, determine, coiffure, do, engraft, sic, coif, ready, set up, congeal, embed, limit, constitute, set, typeset, adjust, rig, pose, localise

6. implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plantverb

   fix or set securely or deeply

   "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"

   Synonyms:
   ingraft, set, implant, institute, engraft, found, constitute, imbed, establish, graft, embed

7. establish, found, plant, constitute, instituteverb

   set up or lay the groundwork for

   "establish a new department"

   Synonyms:
   engraft, demonstrate, name, ground, implant, set up, install, be, set, base, found, institute, instal, launch, build, appoint, imbed, comprise, prove, represent, form, give, shew, lay down, embed, establish, make up, bring, nominate, make, show, constitute

8. plantverb

   place into a river

   "plant fish"

   Synonyms:
   establish, set, implant, institute, engraft, found, constitute, imbed, embed

9. plantverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   establish, set, implant, institute, engraft, found, constitute, imbed, embed

10. plant, implantverb

    put firmly in the mind

    "Plant a thought in the students' minds"

    Synonyms:
    establish, set, implant, institute, engraft, found, constitute, imbed, embed

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1. plantnoun

   Synonyms:
   vegetable, herb

2. plantnoun

   Synonyms:
   flora (plants of a region)

3. plantverb

   Synonyms:
   sow, settle, establish

How to use plant in a sentence?

1. Muhammad Lamoh:

   We understand that we need the power plant, and that this is less harmful than coal, but they must consult with the community and ensure that we have a stake in it, we see no benefit yet - we still have power outages.

2. Igor Sirc:

   The nuclear power plant continues to operate at full power.

3. Pavel Molchanov:

   It will be interesting to watch how Exxon pursues the development of InterOil's gas resources. Will it be by expanding the existing LNG plant already operating in the country, or building a brand-new project ? .

4. Matthew Lederman:

   If people can get this [ plant-based diet ] down, they’re going to feel better.

5. Dana Hunnes:

   The take home message of this study is eat more plants, eat more plant-based proteins, limit your intake of saturated fats from all sources, and limit your intake of animal proteins, from all sources, all great messages in my book!

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