planting

Speech parts

1. planting - Noun

2. planting - Verb

Meaning

of Plant

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.

That which is planted; a plantation.

The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

institute found place position plant funeral agronomy growing establish agriculture seed crop farming cultivation hide

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Antonyms

repulse fight combat dispute spending counter

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Hypernyms

position location husbandry collection agriculture farming

Hyponyms

insemination

Phrases with the word

planting stick tree planting companion planting planting area planting machine agricultural planting seeds

Examples

It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. Wangari Maathai

God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In a small Polish farm community, during the fall planting season of 1981, events occurred which electrified the world, sending reverberations of magnitude to capitals as diverse as Washington, Peking and especially Moscow. James A. Michener

In the planting season visitors come singly, and in harvest time they come in crowds. Australian Proverb

Preparing cocoyams for planting does not mean that they are already planted. Nigerian Proverb

Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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