English to English
noun
- buildings for carrying on industrial labor
They built a large plant to manufacture automobiles.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
source: WordNet 3.0
- an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
Let's plant flowers in the garden.
source: WordNet 3.0
- fix or set securely or deeply
He planted a knee in the back of his opponent.
The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum.
source: WordNet 3.0
- set up or lay the groundwork for
Establish a new department.
source: WordNet 3.0
- place into a river
Plant fish.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- put firmly in the mind
Plant a thought in the students' minds.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize.
source: Webster 1913
- To perform the act of planting.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [plant] Pananim; halaman; talampakan ng paa
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [plant] Magtanim; magpunlâ ng halaman
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
