Betekenis van plant In het Nederlands

• 0 a living thing that grows in earth, in water, or on other plants, usually has a stem, leaves, roots, and flowers, and produces seeds:

  • native plants and animals

  • garden/greenhouse/indoor plants

  • a tomato plant

• 1 machines used in industry:

  • The industry was accused of having invested little in workers, plant, or infrastructure.

  • Two more car-assembly plants were closed by the strike.

  • The sign by the roadworks said "Slow - heavy plant crossing".

  • The firm's main business was plant hire.

• 2 something illegal or stolen that has been put secretly in a person's clothing or among the things that belong to them to make them seem guilty of a crime:

  • He insisted the money was a plant.

• 3 to put a plant into the ground or into a container of soil so that it will grow:

  • We planted trees and bushes in our new garden.

  • Hyacinth bulbs planted in pots now will flower early in the spring.

  • The plot was surrounded by a stone wall and planted with flowering trees.

  • a densely planted garden (= one in which the plants are close together)

• 4 to put something firmly and strongly in a particular place:

  • My brother planted himself on the sofa in front of the television.

  • He planted a kiss on her forehead/a blow on his opponent's jaw.

  • That incident planted doubts about him in my mind.

  • Who planted these rumours?

• 5 to put something or someone in a position secretly, especially in order to deceive someone:

  • She insisted that the drugs had been planted on her without her knowledge.

  • The bomb was planted in the station waiting room.

• 6 a living thing that usually produces seeds and typically has a stem, leaves, roots, and sometimes flowers:

  • We brought a house plant as a gift when we spent the weekend with our friend Sylvia.

• 7 one of five kingdoms (= groups) into which living things are divided, the members of which have many cells, are unable to control their own movement, and get their energy from the light of the sun

• 8 a factory and the machinery in it used to produce or process something:

  • a manufacturing plant

• 9 to put something firmly in a particular place:

  • He planted a kiss on her forehead.

  • Defense lawyers try to plant doubts in the minds of the jurors about what actually happened.

• 10 to put something or someone in a position secretly, esp. in order to deceive:

  • She insisted that the real thief had planted the evidence in her car.

• 11 to put a seed or plant into the ground or into a container of earth so that it will grow:

  • We’ve planted some trees along the back of our property.

• 12 a factory or other place where goods are manufactured or resources such as energy are produced:

  • The city is considering shutting down a major power plant for environmental reasons.

  • A series of recent plant closures has left hundreds of people out of work.

  • industrial/manufacturing/processing plant

  • assembly/chemical/bottling plant

• 13 large pieces of equipment and machinery that are used in manufacturing processes:

  • plant and equipment/machinery Improved market conditions worldwide are driving investments in new plant and equipment.