planed

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Over the following months the wood is cut, settled, rounded, spliced, planed, fitted with a brass tip and leather pad, sanded in nine different ways, oiled, and finally waxed, before being complete.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

The wood-framed walls and beams were planed to feel as soft to the touch as satin sheets.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Every time we managed to summit a dune, following a sand ridge perfectly planed by the wind and sinking with each step, another beckoned us ahead.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2023

Instead, the boards were gently removed, sent off to be de-nailed, cleaned, planed, and re-milled with tongue and grooves and then replaced.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2022

Each plank he planed, each nail he drove, each thing he made had molded him.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy