1. plant - noun
· buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"
Synonym(s): works, industrial_plant
Hypernym(s): building_complex, complex
2. plant - noun
· (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
Synonym(s): flora, plant_life
3. plant - noun
· an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
Hypernym(s): actor, histrion, player, thespian, role_player
4. plant - noun
· 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"
Hypernym(s): contrivance, stratagem, dodge
5. plant - verb
· put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
Synonym(s): set
Hypernym(s): put, set, place, pose, position, lay
6. plant - verb
· fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"
Synonym(s): implant, engraft, embed, imbed
Hypernym(s): insert, infix, enter, introduce
7. plant - verb
· set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
Synonym(s): establish, found, constitute, institute
Hypernym(s): initiate, pioneer
8. plant - verb
· place into a river; "plant fish"
Hypernym(s): stock
9. plant - verb
· 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"
Hypernym(s): put, set, place, pose, position, lay
10. plant - verb
· put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds"
Synonym(s): implant
Hypernym(s): communicate, pass_on, pass, pass_along, put_across
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