Antonyms for plant

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : plant, plahnt

Phonetic Transcription : plænt, plɑnt

Definition of plant

Origin : Old English plante "young tree or shrub, herb newly planted," from Latin planta "sprout, shoot, cutting" (source of Spanish planta, French plante), perhaps from *plantare "to drive in with the feet, push into the ground with the feet," from planta "sole of the foot," from nasalized form of PIE *plat- "to spread, flat" (see place (n.)).
Broader sense of "any vegetable life, vegetation generally" is first recorded 1550s. Most extended usages are from the verb, on the notion of "something planted;" e.g. "construction for an industrial process," 1789, at first with reference to the set-up of machinery, later also the building; also slang meaning "a spy" (1812). Many of these follow similar developments in the French form of the word. German Pflanz, Irish cland, Welsh plant are from Latin.

noun organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom
noun factory and its buildings, equipment
verb put in the ground for growing
verb establish, set

Example sentences :

He might plant two shots before there was a return; he let the idea slip away from him.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

I could not succeed in finding the plant for which they had been digging.
Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont

But, when I'm out of this, I'll hunt you down again and I'll plant you full of lead, my son!
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

True, the plant has enemies, like everything else, enemies which it may not escape.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Now as for these rotters, I'll plant a crop of fists on their faces.
Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke

Every part of this plant was put to some use by the Egyptians.
Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 265, July 21, 1827 » by Various

In the belief of the Indians this plant opens the door to visions.
Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell

The plant grows a number of years before it decides to flower.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

No wonder that plant has ever since borne the well-omened name.
Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge

You can no more judge of a mind in ignorance than of a plant in darkness.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Synonyms for plant

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