(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a living thing that grows in the earth and has a stem, leaves, and roots.
Water each ~ as often as required.
...exotic ~s.
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see also bedding ~ , pot ~ , rubber ~
2.
When you ~ a seed, ~, or young tree, you put it into the ground so that it will grow there.
He says he plans to ~ fruit trees and vegetables.
VERB: V n
~ing
Extensive flooding in the country has delayed ~ing and many crops are still under water.
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3.
When someone ~s land with a particular type of ~ or crop, they put ~s, seeds, or young trees into the land to grow them there.
They plan to ~ the area with grass and trees...
Recently much of their energy has gone into ~ing a large vegetable garden.
...newly ~ed fields.
VERB: V n with n, V n, V-ed
4.
A ~ is a factory or a place where power is produced.
...Ford’s British car assembly ~s...
The ~ provides forty per cent of the country’s electricity.
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5.
Plant is large machinery that is used in industrial processes.
...investment in ~ and equipment.
= machinery
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6.
If you ~ something somewhere, you put it there firmly.
She ~ed her feet wide and bent her knees slightly.
...with his enormous feet ~ed heavily apart.
VERB: V n adv/prep, V-ed adv/prep
7.
To ~ something such as a bomb means to hide it somewhere so that it explodes or works there.
So far no one has admitted ~ing the bomb.
VERB: V n
8.
If something such as a weapon or drugs is ~ed on someone, it is put among their possessions or in their house so that they will be wrongly accused of a crime.
He claimed that the drugs had been ~ed to incriminate him.
VERB: oft passive, be V-ed
9.
If an organization ~s someone somewhere, they send that person there so that they can get information or watch someone secretly.
Journalists informed police who ~ed an undercover detective to trap Smith.
VERB: V n