to plane
- verb
- /pleɪn/
:
planear
- As the sailboat picked up speed, it planed across the water, barely touching the surface.
Examples
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We can sustainably plane and fly out of here.
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The glider planed gracefully over the landscape as it descended towards the runway.
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With a gentle push from the wind, the small drone planed effortlessly through the blue sky.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Move through the air using wings or in a plane
84
1.0
To move smoothly and easily through the air or over a surface
61
3.9
To move quickly through the air like a bird
1
6.4
To move or glide through the air like a light toy on a string
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 glide comes from the same root planus 'flat' and the image of moving smoothly on a flat layer of air, so to plane is to glide or skim gently through the air.