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. Erin Marino:

   Poinsettias prefer medium to bright indirect light. Keep them on a windowsill to give them the most amount of daylight possible, especially during the winter when the sun sets earlier, if your home lacks natural light, you can try placing your plant directly under a fluorescent lamp or plant grow light during the day.

2. President Nicolas Maduro:

   Today they sabotaged another very important (energy) plant in Falcon.

3. Charlie Hall:

   Sometimes pruning occurs, that's where the [ correction in times of stress comes from ]. You prune a plant so that it's even healthier when it comes out from its pruning.

4. Donald Trump:

   The U.S. is going to substantially reduce taxes and regulations on businesses, but any business that leaves our country for another country, fires its employees, builds a new factory or plant in the other country, and then thinks it will sell its product back into the U.S. without retribution or consequences, is WRONG!

5. Exxon Mobil Corp:

   We look forward to working with the Government of PNG to progress the required gas agreement for the P'nyang project ahead of potential decisions on FEED for the three train development at the existing LNG plant site.