an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane

[ Syn: airplane , aeroplane ]

(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane; any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane

[ Syn: sheet ]

a level of existence or development; he lived on a worldly plane'

a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood

[ Syn: planer , planing machine ]

a carpenters hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work

[ Syn: carpenters plane , carpenters plane , woodworking plane , woodworking plane ]

having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; a flat desk; acres of level farmland; a plane surface; skirts sewn with fine flat seams

[ Syn: flat , level ]

cut or remove with or as if with a plane; The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood

[ Syn: shave ]

travel on the surface of water

[ Syn: skim ]

make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; plane the top of the door'