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plant

English

  1. 🔊 (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
  2. 🔊 buildings for carrying on industrial labor
    “they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles”
  3. 🔊 something planted secretly for discovery by another
    “the police used a plant to trick the thieves”
  4. 🔊 an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
  5. 🔊 put firmly in the mind
    “Plant a thought in the students' minds”
  6. 🔊 place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
    “Plant a spy in Moscow”
  7. 🔊 put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
    “Let's plant flowers in the garden”
  8. 🔊 place into a river
    “plant fish”
  9. 🔊 set up or lay the groundwork for
    “establish a new department”
  10. 🔊 fix or set securely or deeply
    “He planted a knee in the back of his opponent”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 plantar to plant, place (an object in the ground)
  2. 🔊 poner to plant, to set up (e.g. plant one's feet, plant a bomb, set up explosives, plant a bug, set up a camera, plant a weapon)

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