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English Dictionary: planting by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
planting
n
  1. the act of fixing firmly in place; "he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway"
  2. a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area; "the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner"
  3. putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow; "the planting of corn is hard work"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plant \Plant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Planting}.] [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See {Plant}, n.]
      1. To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to
            plant maize.
  
      2. To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a
            vegetable with roots.
  
                     Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees.
                                                                              --Deut. xvi.
                                                                              21.
  
      3. To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a
            garden, an orchard, or a forest.
  
      4. To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
  
                     It engenders choler, planteth anger.   --Shak.
  
      5. To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to
            settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony.
  
                     Planting of countries like planting of woods.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      6. To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as,
            to plant Christianity among the heathen.
  
      7. To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to
            plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any
            place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's
            fist in another's face.
  
      8. To set up; to install; to instate.
  
                     We will plant some other in the throne. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Planting \Plant"ing\, n.
      1. 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.
  
      2. That which is planted; a plantation.
  
                     Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord.
                                                                              --Isa. lxi. 3.
  
      3. (Arch.) The laying of the first courses of stone in a
            foundation. [Eng.]
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