plant

Nouns

• (n) buildings for carrying on industrial labor
  • they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles
  industrial plant, works,
• (n) (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion plant life, flora,
• (n) an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
• (n) 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

Verbs

• (v) put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
  • Let's plant flowers in the garden
  set,
• (v) fix or set securely or deeply
  • He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
  • The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
  embed, imbed, implant, engraft,
• (v) set up or lay the groundwork for
  • establish a new department
  institute, establish, found, constitute,
• (v) place into a river
  • plant fish
• (v) 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
• (v) put firmly in the mind
  • Plant a thought in the students' minds
  implant,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity