"plant" Definition

Definitions for the word "plant" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
1 a organism usu. Containing chlorophyll enabling it to live wholly on inorganic substances, and lacking the power of voluntary movement. B small organism of this kind, as distinguished from a shrub or tree. 2 a machinery, fixtures, etc., used in industry. B factory. 3 colloq. Something deliberately placed so as to incriminate another. v. 1 place (seeds, plants, etc.) In soil for growing. 2 (often foll. By in, on, etc.) Put or fix in position. 3 (often refl.) Station (a person etc.), esp. As a spy. 4 cause (an idea etc.) To be established, esp. In another person''s mind. 5 deliver (a blow, kiss, etc.) With a deliberate aim. 6 colloq. Place (something incriminating) for later discovery. plant out transfer from a pot or frame to the open ground; set out (seedlings) at intervals. plantlike adj. [latin planta]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
a dodge, a preconcerted swindle; a position in the street to sell from. All bearings-up, bonnetings, and such like arrangements, are the results of preconcerted schemes or PLANTS.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
3. slang
to mark a person out for plunder or robbery; to conceal or hide money, &c.—_Old Cant._ In the sense of conceal, there is a similar word in _Argot_, PLANQUER.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
4. slang
a hidden store of money or variables. To “spring a PLANT” is to unearth another person’s hoard.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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