verb
- Put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground.
- usage: "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
- Fix or set securely or deeply.
- usage: "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"
- Set up or lay the groundwork for.
- usage: "establish a new department"
- synonyms: establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
- Place into a river.
- usage: "plant fish"
- synonyms: plant
- Place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive.
- usage: "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment"
- synonyms: plant
- Put firmly in the mind.
- usage: "Plant a thought in the students' minds"
adjective
- Used especially of ideas or principles. ( deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held)
- usage: "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need"
- synonyms: deep-rooted, deep-seated, implanted, ingrained
- Set in the soil for growth. .
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