| NOUN | act | planting | the act of fixing firmly in place |
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| group | planting | a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area | |
| act | planting | putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow |
| Sounds | plae'ntihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The act of fixing firmly in place. | |
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| Example | "he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway" | |
| Broader | placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement | The act of putting something in a certain place |
| Verbs | plant | fix or set securely or deeply |
| Meaning | A collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area. | |
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| Example | "the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner" | |
| Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
| Meaning | putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow. | |
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| Example | "the planting of corn is hard work" | |
| Narrower | insemination | The act of sowing (of seeds in the ground or, figuratively, of germs in the body or ideas in the mind, etc.) |
| Broader | farming, agriculture, husbandry | The practice of cultivating the land or raising stock |
| Verbs | plant | put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground |
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