| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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| plane | noun | Any tree of the genus Platanus., Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface., A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature., An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator., A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate., A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc., To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank., To efface or remove., Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. |
| plank | noun | A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board., Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer., One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform., To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship., To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager., To harden, as hat bodies, by felting., To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. |
| plant | noun | A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule., A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff., The sole of the foot., The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad., A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick., An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth., A young oyster suitable for transplanting., To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize., To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots., To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest., To engender; to generate; to set the germ of., To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony., To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen., To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one’s feet on solid ground; to plant one’s fist in another’s face., To set up; to install; to instate., To perform the act of planting. |