- plant [transitive]
- 1
plants/seeds
to put plants or seeds in the ground to grow : Residents have helped us plant trees.
We've planted tomatoes and carrots in the garden.
- plant a field/garden/area etc (with something)
a hillside planted with fir trees
- 2
put something somewhere
[always + adverb/preposition] informalto put something firmly in or on something else - plant something in/on etc something
He came up to her and planted a kiss on her cheek.
She planted her feet firmly to the spot and refused to move.
- 3
hide illegal goods
informalto hide stolen or illegal goods in someone's clothes, bags, room etc in order to make them seem guilty of a crime - plant something on somebody
She claims that the police planted the drugs on her.
- 4
bomb
plant a bomb
to put a bomb somewhere : Two men are accused of planting a bomb on the plane.
- 5
person
to put or send someone somewhere, especially secretly, so that they can find out information : The police had planted undercover detectives at every entrance.
- 6
plant an idea/doubt/suspicion (in somebody's mind)
to make someone begin to have an idea, especially so that they do not realize that you gave them the idea : Someone must have planted the idea of suicide in his mind.
plant something ↔ out
phrasal verbto put a young plant into the soil outdoors, so that it has enough room to grow :The seedlings should be planted out in May.
- Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition
Saturday, August 13, 2011
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