1. plane - Noun
2. plane - Adjective
3. plane - Verb
4. plane - Adjective Satellite
Any tree of the genus Platanus.
Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.
A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature.
An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator.
A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate.
A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc.
To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank.
To efface or remove.
Figuratively, to make plain or smooth.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMy two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane. Graham Greene
A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
I remain just one thing, and one thing only - and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician. Charlie Chaplin
Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard. Robert Frost
There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there. Albert Einstein
Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents; people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you. Muhammad Ali