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to plant

to plant

247 8.1
To secretly put something or someone in a place to deceive others
  • verb
  • /plænt/
translation icon : plantar
  • The police radio that Jeffrey planted under the bed and Frank's radio both start broadcasting.

You know, a couple years ago, Saudi Arabia planted spies inside Twitter.

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Examples

  • The victim alleged that his attackers said they could easily plant guns or drugs on him and kill him.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Five burglars break in to photograph documents and plant listening devices at the Democratic National Committee headquarters located inside the landmark building.

  • So they take their detective who looks exactly like her and plants her in the house.

  • And if you listen to the podcast carefully, I planted some things there on purpose.

  • I stole all the stuff and planted it on Brook.

  • If there were electronic bugs and tiny hidden cameras to plant, he would do that as well.

    Academic text (2002)
  • And was it in November, Agent Brandon, that your team planted bugs in that establishment?

  • The undercover agent planted listening devices in the suspect's office without anyone noticing.

  • She planted a hidden camera in the room to observe the meeting secretly.

  • During the investigation, they discovered that someone had planted false evidence to mislead the police.

Antonyms

1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

140 5.5

To make a person leave their usual place or job

Idioms

1 5.9

To make someone begin to feel unsure about something

Phrasal Verbs

3 4.9

Stand firmly in one place to show you will not change your mind

To add plant food to help a plant grow

Compounds

143 2.9

A place where electricity is made for homes and businesses

chemical plant
  • Specialized
18 3.6

A factory that makes chemicals in large amounts

14 2.8

All the plants that live in a particular place, like trees and flowers

A large factory where goods are made using machines

A way of eating mostly vegetables, fruits, grains, nuts and beans

assembly plant
  • Specialized
8 3.2

A factory where parts are put together to make a product

6 2.8

A substance added to soil or water to feed plants and help them grow

5 3.2

A factory that kills and packs animals to sell as meat

A plant that makes flowers and has seeds inside a fruit

gas plant
  • Specialized
4 4.1

A place where natural gas is prepared and sent to customers

4 4.6

A factory or workplace stopping all work and ending jobs there

4 1.0

A plant that grows red round fruits people eat

4 3.7

A factory where steel is made from iron and other materials

A factory where workers put drinks into bottles and seal them for sale

Parts of trees and other green growing things like leaves, stems or roots

plant kingdom
  • Specialized
3 4.1

A group of living things that includes mosses, ferns, and trees

A group of buildings where goods are made with machines

A place where old paper, glass, and plastic are cleaned and made ready to be used again

A plant that can be deadly if you touch it or eat it

A plant with a deep tube of liquid that traps and digests insects

plant cell
  • Specialized
2 3.0

A tiny living part of a plant with a stiff wall, green chloroplasts, and a large storage space inside

2 2.2

A plant that lives in water, attached to the bottom or floating

A plant that grows in or near water, like a water lily

1 3.5

Eating mainly plants

1 2.8

A green plant people grow in a pot indoors to make a room look nicer

A plant that eats insects and small animals to get food

coca plant
  • NSFW
1 7.0

A South American shrub with leaves that people chew and that contain cocaine

1 2.1

A bushy plant that produces white round pods with soft fibers used for cloth

1 1.0

A plant people grow outside near their house for flowers or food

1 3.6

A plant that can live with very little water, for example a cactus

A place where electricity is made and sent to homes and businesses

1 3.1

Large tropical tree often kept indoors as a houseplant that can make natural rubber

1 1.0

A small garden plant with white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds

plant family
  • Specialized
1 4.2

A group of related plants with similar flowers and leaves

plant tissue
  • Specialized
1 3.4

Parts inside a plant made of cells with different jobs

1 3.6

A plant with long narrow leaves and small white or pink flowers often grown indoors

1 1.4

A plant that produces beans you can eat

bedding plant
  • Specialized
1 3.2

A plant grown to put in a flowerbed for seasonal garden displays

belladonna plant
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A poisonous plant with bell-shaped flowers and shiny black berries used to make atropine

A plant people grow for food or decoration

disposal plant
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A place where dirty water and other waste are cleaned and made safe

heating plant
  • Specialized
1 3.7

A system in a building that makes warm air and sends it to rooms

herbaceous plant
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A plant without a woody stem that dies back each year

1 7.0

A low plant with thick leaves that look covered in tiny shiny hairs like ice

nightshade plant
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A plant in the potato and tomato family that can be dangerous to eat

The part of a company that builds, maintains, and looks after its buildings and machines

plant disease
  • Specialized
1 2.3

A sickness that harms plants, often caused by fungi, bacteria, or viruses

Something made from plants used for food, cloth, or medicine

A person who studies how plants grow and live

plant hormone
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A natural chemical in plants that controls their growth and responses

1 3.2

A plant that makes seeds to grow new plants

tobacco plant
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A plant grown for its leaves that are dried and made into cigarettes or cigars

vascular plant
  • Specialized
1 3.9

A plant with special tubes that carry water and nutrients, like ferns or trees

woody plant
  • Specialized
1 3.8

A plant with hard stems, like a tree or shrub

A plant with large green leaves that people keep indoors for decoration

9.9

A South American garden plant with green, purple, or red leaves and small woolly flower spikes

A small Asian herb with red or purple leaves grown for gardens

A South American herb with colorful leaves and small woolly flower spikes grown for gardens

6.2

A plant that grows in very wet, soft ground like bogs and marshes and can live in poor soil

A garden plant grown for its large flat beans that people or animals eat

broccoloid plant
  • Specialized
8.8

A vegetable plant like broccoli, cauliflower, or cabbage

A plant with thick spiny leaves that has a cooling gel for sunburn called Aloe vera

A bush that grows small flat beans you can eat, often served as a vegetable

A flowering plant with colorful, often fragrant flowers that look like butterflies

A plant that grows from an underground bulb, like a tulip or daffodil

capsicum pepper plant
  • Specialized
3.8

A tropical plant that grows peppers used in cooking or as spice

8.5

A marsh plant from northern California and Oregon with twisted cup-shaped leaves that trap insects and hanging yellow-green flowers

A tropical shrub with purple or red tube-shaped flowers and leaves with patterns like a human face

8.4

A large plant with thick, sword-shaped leaves and a tall flower stalk

A common European plant that grows as a weed in fields and paths

9.9

A flowering plant like a carnation or pink

A large tropical shrub with big hand-shaped leaves and spiny seed pods that give seeds used to make castor oil

A large tropical bush with wide leaves that has seeds used for castor oil and contains a poison called ricin

How Secret

to hide
1.0
to plant
247 8.1
stash
  • Informal
134 4.3

Surface Forms

plant infinitive
planted past
planted past participle
planting present participle
plants third person singular

Etymology

Plant meaning to place something secretly comes from the basic sense 'to put in a place', the same idea as planting a tree. That's why to plant evidence or a device is to hide or put it there on purpose, like setting something into the ground.