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to plant

to plant

5 6.9
To put fish into a river or lake to increase their numbers
  • verb
  • /plænt/
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  • Others do not plant at all, but only fish the natural oysters from the bed to sell to 'lugger men.'
  • plant trout
  • plant fish
  • plant hatchery fish

Examples

  • "But that doesn't mean that you couldn't plant some other kind of fish in there."

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The biologist decided to plant salmon in the river to help increase their numbers.

  • In November 2005, the Virginia Seafood Council asked the state's Marine Resources Commission to plant 10,000 nominally sterile Asian oysters into a Chesapeake tributary, rather than wait for scientific assessments to be completed.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The conservation team worked tirelessly to plant new fish in the lake to restore the ecosystem.

  • They plan to plant catfish in the pond to help balance the aquatic life.

Antonyms

1.5

To move something or someone away from a place

85 6.6

Remove something harmful completely, for example a disease or pest

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 Many

to populate
106 3.7
to stock
155 2.1
to plant
5 6.9
to add
1.0
to introduce
15 3.1

Surface Forms

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

Etymology

Plant meaning to put fish into a river comes from the same sense of placing living things where they can grow. So to plant fish is to put young fish into a lake or stream to help their numbers grow.