planting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of fixing firmly in place
    • he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway
  2. noun a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area
    • the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner
  3. noun putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow
    • the planting of corn is hard work
  4. verb put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
    plant; set.
    • Let's plant flowers in the garden
  5. verb fix or set securely or deeply
    plant; implant; imbed; embed; engraft.
    • He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
    • The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
  6. verb set up or lay the groundwork for
    constitute; found; plant; establish; institute.
    • establish a new department
  7. verb place into a river
    plant.
    • plant fish
  8. verb place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
    plant.
    • Plant a spy in Moscow
    • plant bugs in the dissident's apartment
  9. verb put firmly in the mind
    plant; implant.
    • Plant a thought in the students' minds

WordNet

Plant"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.
  2. That which is planted; a plantation.
    Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord. Isa. lxi. 3.
  3. (Arch.) The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation. Eng.

Webster 1913