Meaning

9 senses

  1. (ambitransitive)To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.

    pflanzen, säen, aussäen

    сажа́тьsažátʹ, посади́тьposadítʹ

    сади́тиsadýty, посади́тиposadýty, саджа́тиsadžáty

  2. (transitive)To furnish or supply with plants.

    to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest

    bepflanzen

  3. (transitive)To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.

    That gun’s not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer!

    platzieren, einschleusen

    подкла́дыватьpodkládyvatʹ, подложи́тьpodložítʹ, подки́дыватьpodkídyvatʹ

  4. (transitive)To place or set something firmly or with conviction.

    to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a flag; to plant one’s feet on solid ground

    Plant your feet firmly and give the rope a good tug.

    reindrücken, eindrücken, platzieren

    put firmly in the mind

  5. (transitive)To place in the ground.

    einpflanzen, eingraben, einschlämmen (Pflanzen)

    place into a river

  6. (transitive)To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.

    auslösen, provozieren, hervorrufen

    set up or lay the groundwork for

  7. (transitive)To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.

    to plant a colony

    züchten

  8. (transitive)To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.

    to plant Christianity among the heathen

    einführen, einbringen

  9. (transitive)To set up; to install; to instate.

    errichten, einrichten, installieren

    fix or set securely or deeply

Examples

1756 sentences

  1. All plants need water and light.

    Всім рослинам потрібна вода і світло. — deniko

    ruВсем растениям нужны вода и свет. — marafon

    deAlle Pflanzen brauchen Wasser und Licht. — Wolf

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  2. When did you plant these trees?

    Коли ти посадила ці дерева? — deniko

    ruКогда ты посадил эти деревья? — Selena777

    deWann hast du diese Bäume gepflanzt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Does Tom talk to his plants?

    Том розмовляє зі своїми рослинами? — deniko

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  4. We need plants in order to live.

    Щоб жити, нам потрібні рослини. — deniko

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  5. Did you remember to water the plants?

    Ти не забув полити квіти? — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to place in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow:
Русский
By meaning 2
to place in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow:
to place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit:
Deutsch
By meaning 10
to place and object into the ground in upright postion:
to place in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow:
to furnish or supply with plants:
to place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit:
to place or set something firmly or with conviction:
to place in the ground:
to engender; to generate; to set the germ of:
to furnish with a fixed and organized population:
to introduce and establish the principles or seeds of:
to set up; to install; to instate:

Origin

From Middle English plante, from Old English plante (“young tree or shrub, herb newly plan

From Middle English plante, from Old English plante (“young tree or shrub, herb newly planted”), from Proto-West Germanic *plantu, from Latin planta (“sprout, shoot, cutting”). Broader sense of "any vegetable life, vegetation generally" is from Old French plante. Doublet of clan (borrowed through Celtic languages) and planta (directly from Latin).

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Forms

plants, planting, planted, planted
Base formplant · to plant
3rd person singularplants
Present participleplanting
Past simpleplanted
Past participleplanted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyplant
he, she, itplants

Past simpleLesson

all personsplanted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave planted
he, she, ithas planted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill plant

Synonyms

10 synonyms
seedA2
Close in meaning

Word family

19 related words
Relatedplantationplanterplanting
Derivedcompanion plantinterplantmisplantoutplantpreplantfaceplanthandplantnonplantedoverplantplantableplant footplant outreplantunderplantunplantunplanted

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • planted these trees
  • one who planted
  • who planted these
  • water the plants
  • planted these flowers
  • planted the roses
  • planted roses in
  • planted a tree
  • one that planted
  • planted that tree
  • planting corn
  • the garden planting

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
plankplanktonplannerplantainplantationplanterplaqueC1

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