buildings for carrying on industrial labor; they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles
[ Syn: works , industrial plant ]
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
[ Syn: flora , plant life ]
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
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'
plant (n.)
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; Lets plant flowers in the garden
[ Syn: set ]
fix or set securely or deeply; He planted a knee in the back of his opponent; The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
set up or lay the groundwork for; establish a new department
[ Syn: establish , found , constitute , institute ]
place into a river; plant fish'
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'
put firmly in the mind; Plant a thought in the students minds
[ Syn: implant ]