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View definitions for planting

planting

adjective as in founding

noun as in cultivation

noun as in funeral

noun as in gardening

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The CID speculated that the woman was confirming who lived there before planting a homemade nail bomb.

In Israel, where planting trees has long been a national project, the first eTree has been planted.

He loved planting unusual trees, shrubs, and flowers throughout the grounds, and carefully directed where each specimen would go.

Later on in our relationship, we would spend hours together planting bulbs, flowers, and shrubs while talking about India and God.

They began by building themselves houses and planting seeds in their fields.

The seeds, however, are so small that the variety to which they belong cannot be determined except by planting or sowing them.

Ah, they were talking about the Fayyūm—doubtless discussing some question of sowing, planting, of the cultivation of land!

The children are engaged in weeding while he waters the beds or prepares the tobacco field for the planting of the tobacco.

This gain in those parts of the river's curvings where deposition tends to take place may be accelerated by tree-planting.

Was he trying to reveal a secret kept so many years, and which was planting his pillow with thorns?

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On this page you'll find 49 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to planting, such as: authorizing, colonizing, endowing, instituting, originating, and setting up.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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