plant

Meanings

• buildings for carrying on industrial labor
  • "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"
• (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
• 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"
• put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
  • "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
• 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
• 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"

Synonyms

constitute, embed, engraft, establish, flora, found, imbed, implant, industrial plant, institute, plant life, set, works