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🌱 Putting seeds in 🌷 A planted area 🕵️ Placing secretly
planting

planting

4 2.7
Putting something or someone secretly into a place to trick people
  • noun
  • /ˈplæntɪŋ/
translation icon : colocación
  • The organization focused on the planting of informational pamphlets in the community to raise awareness about health issues.
  • flag-planting
  • planting material

And those things are, you know, the planting of the the toxic seed that can affect their health moving forward.

Examples

  • Get them involved in the planting of a new church according to their strengths and interests.

    Blog text (24)

  • Garden diversity is strongly related to the number of exchanges of planting material.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Also, be sure to follow Converge Church Planting on Twitter & Facebook.

    Blog text (6)

  • In my limited circles today, I see two main emphases: church planting and campus ministries.

    Blog text (17)

  • The British mandate initiated the planting of forests, manipulating it for political and ideological means.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Or the intentional planting of exotics by the gardener may lead to species packing.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The gardener emphasized the importance of careful planting to ensure the trees' survival in the harsh conditions.

  • He was accused of the secretive planting of false evidence to undermine his opponent's credibility.

Synonyms

emplacement
vsplanting
1 8.0

Putting something in a particular place for a specific purpose

often places someone or something secretly to cause an intended effect
implantation
vsplanting
1 6.8

Putting a plant or object into the ground

more often implies secret placement to influence people or outcomes

Antonyms

removal
106 2.0

Taking something or someone away from a place

displacement
9 6.1

Moving people out of their job or home

Compounds

planting process
  • Specialized
3.0

Steps to put seeds or young trees into soil and help them grow

How Intentional

planting
4 2.7
staging
10 4.3
placement
62 3.5
positioning
14 3.7

Surface Forms

planting singular
plantings plural

Morphology

planting = plant (semi-transparent) = plant + ing

The verb 'plant' is used in a metaphorical sense here, which might not be immediately clear to all learners.

Etymology

Planting also took a figurative sense from the idea of fixing something in place, like secretly putting an object into the ground, and this uses the same root plant meaning 'to set' or 'place'. So planting can mean secretly putting something or someone in position to make something happen.