to plane
1
7.5
- verb
- /pleɪn/
:
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- You might as well start planing the boards for our coffins.
- plane the surface
- plane the wood
- plane the edge
Examples
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So I have to kind of plane it on an angle in certain spots, and then in certain spots it shifts to the other angle.
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To fit the frame in the spacing I had to plane up some material at the back edge of one side so it could do the proper rotation to fit in.
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OK, we can maybe plane it a little bit.
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So I'm going to plane a little more on this side, but first, but soft.
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So now I screwed these boards down to the beams and I plane them in a way so that it's level level and then we can put the floor on top.
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Aluta agrees and, using a pear-shaped knife, starts to plane a fine dust from the red-hued plank.
Academic text (1991) -
Scrapers are used to grade the roadbed; they plane the surface to remove high areas and can dump what was scraped in a nearby part of the roadbed that needs to be filled.
Academic text (2012) -
123 INT -- WOOD SHOP -- DAY (1954) 123 Red is making something at his bench, sanding and planing.
Fiction book (1994) -
To make the table edges smooth, you should plane them carefully with a good tool.
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After cutting the wood, it is important to plane the surface so that it is even.
Synonyms
81
3.7
To make land or a building flat with the ground
25
1.9
Cut very thin slices from things like cheese or wood
23
2.6
Make something flat and smooth by pressing it
5
3.4
To become flat and smooth after being uneven
1
9.9
To cut off a thin layer from leather or rubber to make it thinner
Make a thing have one or more flat sides
To level a floor or concrete with a long straight tool so it is flat
Make a surface flat using a heavy roller machine
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
Make or improve something while people already use it, fixing problems as you go
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
3
9.9
A non-physical world people believe you can visit in dreams, meditation, or after death
- Specialized
3
6.5
A military plane that flies over areas to find out about the enemy
- Specialized
1
7.9
A flat path in space that a thing follows as it goes around a planet or star
1
6.1
A large tree with pale, peeling bark, broad leaves, and round seed balls that gives shade
- Specialized
1
8.1
A flat imagined surface in a picture that seems closest to the viewer
- Specialized
1
7.1
A flat surface for showing numbers that have a real part and an imaginary part as points
1
8.6
A very large tree with broad branches and peeling bark from eastern and central North America
- Specialized
1
7.6
A hand tool with a long flat bottom for smoothing and shaping wood before finishing
- Specialized
1
3.8
The study of flat shapes like lines, circles, and shapes with many sides
- Specialized
A hand tool with a curved blade that cuts small rounded shapes along wood edges
- Specialized
A small woodworking tool with its blade near the front for smoothing wood close to corners
- Specialized
A flat area with two crossing lines used to show points by x and y numbers
- Specialized
A woodworking tool with a curved, flexible base for shaping rounded wood
- Specialized
A hand tool with a flexible bottom for smoothing inside and outside curves in wood
- Archaic
A woodworking tool with changeable blades that cuts grooves and shapes wood
- Specialized
A plane with two propellers that spin in opposite directions to make it fly more steadily
- Specialized
A tool for cutting angled grooves that join two pieces of wood together
- Specialized
A flat surface on a solid object that forms one face, like a cube or crystal
- Specialized
A long hand tool with a blade used to flatten rough boards before final smoothing
A large fast-growing tree with bark that peels, planted along city streets because it tolerates pollution
- Specialized
A long hand tool that smooths and flattens the edges of boards for a tight fit
- Specialized
A hand tool that cuts tongues and grooves in board edges so they fit together
- Specialized
A long flat tool for making board edges straight and smooth so they fit together
- Specialized
A woodworking tool for cutting a long groove along a board edge that has one open side
- Specialized
A large tree with broad leaves and patchy bark from southern Europe and western Asia
- Specialized
A family of trees with large leaves and patchy bark often planted in parks for shade
- Specialized
A hand tool that cuts matching raised edges and slots on boards so they fit together
- Specialized
A hand tool with a sharp adjustable blade for smoothing and shaping wood surfaces
How Smooth
Surface Forms
Etymology
Plane as a verb meaning to make a surface flat comes from the Latin word planus 'flat' and is related to the English word plain; to plane wood is to shave off thin layers until it becomes flat and smooth.