English Dictionary

plant

/plɑːnt/

verb

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

She loves to plant flowers in her garden.

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

(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!

意味（3）

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

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

意味（4）

To place in the ground.

God moves in a myſterious way, / His wonders to perform; / He plants his footſteps in the ſea, / And rides upon the ſtorm.

意味（5）

To furnish or supply with plants.

to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest

意味（6）

To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.

It engenders choler, planteth anger.

意味（7）

To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.

to plant a colony

意味（8）

To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.

to plant Christianity among the heathen

意味（9）

To set up; to install; to instate.

We will plant some other in the throne.