plant

buildings for carrying on industrial labor

• “they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles”

a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

something planted secretly for discovery by another

• “the police used a plant to trick the thieves”
• “he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant”

an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground

• “Let”

fix or set securely or deeply

• “He planted a knee in the back of his opponent”
• “The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum”

set up or lay the groundwork for

• “establish a new department”

place into a river

• “plant fish”

place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive

• “Plant a spy in Moscow”
• “plant bugs in the dissident”

put firmly in the mind

• “Plant a thought in the students”