Word Study
planting
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun planting has 3 senses
- planting(n = noun.act) Array - the act of fixing firmly in place; "he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway" is a kind of emplacement, locating, location, placement, position, positioning
- planting(n = noun.group) Array - a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area; "the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner" is a kind of accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection
- planting(n = noun.act) Array - putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow; "the planting of corn is hard work" is a kind of agriculture, farming, husbandry
Derived form verb plant2
has particulars: insemination
Derived form verb plant1
CIDE DICTIONARY
planting, n.
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- That which is planted; a plantation. [1913 Webster]"Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord." [1913 Webster]
- The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
planting
broadcast, broadcasting, clump, crop, dissemination, growth, hassock, insemination, plantation, reforestation, resetting, retimbering, seeding, semination, setting, sowing, stand, transplantation, tuft, tussock
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