“plant”

Definitions

• noun

  buildings for carrying on industrial labor

  Synonyms: works, industrial plant, accouterments, adulterate, amphibian, angiosperm, annual, apparatus, appliances, appointments, appurtenances, armament

  • Example:“They built a large plant to manufacture automobiles.”

• noun

  (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

  Synonyms: flora, plant life

• noun

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

• noun

  something planted secretly for discovery by another

  • Example:“The police used a plant to trick the thieves.”
  • Example:“He claimed that the evidence against him was a plant.”

• verb

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

  Synonyms: set

  • Example:“Let's plant flowers in the garden.”

• verb

  fix or set securely or deeply

  Synonyms: implant, engraft, embed, imbed

  • Example:“He planted a knee in the back of his opponent.”
  • Example:“The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum.”