PLANTS Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of plant

as in factories

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods a furniture plant that employs hundreds of people

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plants

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verb

present tense third-person singular of plant

as in seeds

to put or set into the ground to grow I'll plant the marigold seeds in the spring

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as in founds

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of soon the sect had planted churches across the breadth of the colony

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as in breeds

to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set a profound respect for Mother Nature that had been planted by long experience with hurricanes

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The plants extracting the most helium, as of 2023, were located in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma, according to federal data. — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026 Rocks and plants The first method measures beryllium-10, an isotope that accumulates in the top few centimeters of rock that is exposed to the sky. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026 In 2009, when the meatpacking plants that gave the area its name still operated, The Standard, commissioned by hotelier Andre Balasz, opened to immediate buzz. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026 As for where to purchase both milkweed and nectar-producing plants, Sardiñas recommended checking out Calscape, a website by the California Native Plant Society, for help finding local nurseries that sell native plants. — Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026 The needs of Taiz's more than 1 million residents are now barely being met, humanitarian groups say, as access to wells is limited, desalination plants run low on fuel and water delivery trucks are largely prevented from entering the city. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Her approach often embraces the ancient process of using botanical forms and organic plants as the blueprint for new design. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 An additional concern is the fact that tens of millions of Gulf residents rely on desalination plants, which convert seawater into drinking water. — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Verb

Once Mooney plants the seed of his joke about how unhappy white Americans seemed after slavery the later images of Confederate memorial groups and white crowds at lynchings take on a surreal resonance. — Beandrea July, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026 Mungiu craftily plants the seed of this crisis in his opening shot, set in the aftermath of a stinging act of parental discipline. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026 Space plants 15 to 18 inches apart, depending on their mature size. — Teresa Woodard, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2026 The repeal’s effect on power companies’ present-day decisions – which plants to continue to operate, what to build and with what pollution controls built in – affects the electricity prices consumers pay now and over the coming decades. — Akshaya Jha, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026 Move container plants indoors to a dark, dry spot, like a basement or garage. — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 9 Sep. 2026 The club also plants and maintains various Naperville gardens, including Paw Paw Garden at Naper Settlement, Veterans Garden, Blue Star Marker Garden, and the garden and planters at the DuPage Children’s Museum and Trinity House. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026 Standing at two hours and 30 minutes, along with a 15-minute intermission, the narrative plants you in the middle of a world of ironies. — Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026 At a five-acre research plot in Clarendon, Texas, the company has been studying roughly 500 cotton varieties, collecting field imagery and genomic information to determine which plants merit further breeding. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

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New technology will not help if American factories cannot produce it efficiently.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
The system runs reliably at the high working temperatures already found inside chemical factories.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

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Applesauce still contains some soluble fiber in the form of pectin, making applesauce with chia seeds a good soluble fiber source.

— Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 5 Oct. 2026
Start seeds indoors four to eight weeks before the last frost, or sow directly at the soil surface after the last frost.

— Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of seeds

Verb

No response breeds panic Police cars and firetrucks crowded the streets as Michelle neared the school.

— Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
Recruitment has been good at collecting young talent, but that doesnt help the short term and breeds frustration for not being appropriately competitive to start the year.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of breeds

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Just one year after introducing Tencel Lyocell – HV100 to the denim market, Lenzing has already met its sales target and has onboarded nearly 50 mills across 13 countries.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
Selvedge is now synonymous with premium denim worldwide, and the mills of Okayama supply fabric to high-end jeans makers far beyond Japan, for garments selling at hundreds, even thousands of dollars.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

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This discovery establishes a new way to couple mechanical motion and electricity at the smallest scales, opening new possibilities for molecular electronics.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Article 5 of the NATO charter contains the alliance's mutual-defense guarantee, which establishes that an attack on one is an attack on all.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

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However, her performance soon takes on a more grounded, childlike cadence, which roots the supposedly amnesiac Margot a little too firmly within the literal, especially for a tale whose poetry lies in its uncanniness.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Instead, Nowell roots the band’s sound in the mid-’90s and keeps his vocal mannerisms as close to Bradley’s as possible.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 15 June 2026

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Under a contributory infringement claim, all authors need to prove is that Meta facilitated transfers of their works.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
To sign off, Danchig-Waring didn’t just curate a matinee program with needle-moving classics alongside 21st-century works that reflect his love of process.

— Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026

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