Betekenis van plane In het Nederlands

• 0 a vehicle designed for air travel, with wings and one or more engines:

  • a fighter/transport/passenger plane

  • We'll be boarding the plane in about 20 minutes.

  • He hates travelling by plane.

  • a plane ticket

• 1 in mathematics, a flat or level surface that continues in all directions:

  • an inclined plane

• 2 a particular level or standard:

  • The poet's treatment of the subject lifts it to a mystical plane.

  • His work is on a completely different plane from (= is much better than) other writers.

• 3 a tool used to make wooden surfaces and edges flat and smooth by removing small strips of the wood

• 4 a large tree with wide leaves and spreading branches that grows especially in towns

• 5 to remove small strips of wood from a surface with a special tool:

  • You'll have to plane some more off the bottom of the door - it's still sticking.

• 6 flat:

  • a plane edge/surface

• 7 a vehicle that is designed for air travel and that has wings and one or more engines:

  • Shelley’s plane is due in at 10, but it’s a half-hour late.

• 8 a flat surface that continues in all directions

• 9 a level or standard:

  • Once we got a new financial manager, our business meetings were conducted on a much higher plane.

• 10 a tool with a blade in a flat surface that is rubbed against wood to cut away rough parts and make it smooth

• 11 an aircraft with wings and one or more engines:

  • a plane for/to/from sth I'll get the next plane to London.

  • on/in a plane He's on a plane at the moment, on his way to Chicago.

  • a plane leaves/takes off/lands The plane leaves in 45 minutes.

  • miss/catch/get a plane If you don't hurry, you'll miss your plane.

  • get on/board a plane