Synonyms 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.

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

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

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1. plant

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

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

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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

2. plantverb

   Synonyms:
   fix, establish, settle, found

3. plantverb

   Synonyms:
   sow, scatter seed, put in seed

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1. plantnoun

   Synonyms:
   vegetable, herb

2. plantnoun

   Synonyms:
   flora (plants of a region)

3. plantverb

   Synonyms:
   sow, settle, establish

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1. List of paraphrases for "plant":

   factory, plants, vegetable, plante, mill, planta, station, vegetation, usine, facility, roślin, factories, central, crop, planting, phytosanitary, mills, installation, facilities, vegetative, plantes, floor, installations

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1. Sanita Belgrave:

   This is the year of sowing seeds; plant intentionally, plant value, plant what you, yourself, would want to harvest.

2. John F. Kennedy:

   The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose plant it this afternoon'

3. Icelandic Forest Service Directorrstur Eysteinsson:

   To see the forests growing to see that were actually doing some good is a very rewarding thing. A very satisfying thing, knowing which trees to plant is actually harder than youd think. We plant about three million seedlings per year in Iceland. Most people have simply, until now, you use what you have. Here in Iceland, its the native birch. [You] plant them and you expect that they grow. And then, the climate changes.

4. Trent Smith:

   The zinnia plant is very different from lettuce, it is more sensitive to environmental parameters and light characteristics. It has a longer growth duration between 60 and 80 days. Thus, it is a more difficult plant to grow, and allowing it to flower, along with the longer growth duration, makes it a good precursor to a tomato plant. The zinnia plant, though, showed signs of stress early on - possibly due to high humidity or water engulfing some of the plants.

5. Bianca Phillips:

   I loved the taste and texture of meat, but as soon as I understood where meat came from, I could no longer stomach it. Yet I still longed for the taste and texture. And I found the answer in plant meats, thankfully, they've improved a great deal since I first switched to plant meats 20 years ago. So many vegan companies now make plant meats with very high-quality ingredients, resulting in a minimally processed product that's actually nutritious.