planting
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- the act of fixing firmly in place“he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway”
- a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area“the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner”
- putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow“the planting of corn is hard work”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize. [1913 Webster]
2.To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots. [1913 Webster]
Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees.— Deut. xvi. 21.[1913 Webster]
3.To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest. [1913 Webster]
4.To engender; to generate; to set the germ of. [1913 Webster]
It engenders choler, planteth anger.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
5.To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony. [1913 Webster]
Planting of countries like planting of woods.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]
6.To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen. [1913 Webster]
7.To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face. [1913 Webster]
8.To set up; to install; to instate. [1913 Webster]
We will plant some other in the throne.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
1.The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc. [1913 Webster]
2.That which is planted; a plantation. [1913 Webster]
Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord.— Isa. lxi. 3.[1913 Webster]
3.(Arch.) The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]