plant

1. n. A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule. Source: opted

2. n. A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff. Source: opted

3. n. The sole of the foot. Source: opted

4. n. The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad. Source: opted

5. n. A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick. Source: opted

6. n. An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth. Source: opted

7. n. A young oyster suitable for transplanting. Source: opted

8. n. To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize. Source: opted

9. n. To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots. Source: opted

10. n. To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest. Source: opted

11. n. To engender; to generate; to set the germ of. Source: opted

12. n. To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony. Source: opted

13. n. To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen. Source: opted

14. n. 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. Source: opted

15. n. To set up; to install; to instate. Source: opted

16. v. i. To perform the act of planting. Source: opted

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