plant
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(noun) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
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Synonyms: flora, plant life |
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Related Words: acrogen, aerophyte, air plant, annual, apomict, aquatic, autophyte, autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism, being, biennial, cryptogam, embryo, epiphyte, epiphytic plant, escape, fungus, gametophyte, garden plant, houseplant, life form, living thing, monocarp, monocarpic plant, monocarpous plant, myrmecophyte, organism, ornamental, perennial, phytoplankton, poisonous plant, rock plant, sporophyte, tracheophyte, vascular plant |
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(verb) implant in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds" |
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Synonyms: implant |
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Related Words: communicate, pass, pass on, put across |
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(verb) put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" |
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Synonyms: set |
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Related Words: afforest, checkrow, dibble, forest, lay, place, pose, position, puddle, put, replant, set |
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(verb) place into a river; "plant fish" |
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Related Words: stock |
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(noun) buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles" |
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Synonyms: industrial plant, works |
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Related Words: building complex, complex, disposal plant, distillery, factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant, mill, packing plant, packinghouse, recycling plant, refinery, saltworks, sewage disposal plant, smelter, smeltery, still |
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(noun) 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" |
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Related Words: contrivance, dodge, stratagem |
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(noun) an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience |
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Related Words: actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian |
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(verb) set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department" |
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Synonyms: constitute, establish, found, institute |
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Related Words: appoint, constitute, fix, initiate, name, nominate, pioneer |
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(verb) to fix or set securely or deeply: "Kneeling, Cobb planted a sturdy knee in the small of his back," |
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Synonyms: embed, engraft, imbed, implant |
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Related Words: bury, enter, infix, insert, introduce, nest, pot, sink |
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