Equipment vs. Plant

Equipmentnoun

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

Equipmentnoun

Whatever is used in equipping something or someone, for example things needed for an expedition or voyage.

Equipmentnoun

The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition.

Equipmentnoun

Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.

Equipmentnoun

an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service

Plantnoun

(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.

Plantnoun

(botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.

Plantnoun

(ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.

Plantnoun

Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.

Plantnoun

A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.

Plantnoun

An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person.

Plantnoun

Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).

Plantnoun

A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.

Plantnoun

(snooker) A play in which the cue ball knocks one (usually red) ball onto another, in order to pot the second; a set.

Plantnoun

(uncountable) Machinery, such as the kind used in earthmoving or construction.

Plantnoun

(obsolete) A young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.

Plantnoun

(obsolete) The sole of the foot.

Plantnoun

A plan; a swindle; a trick.

Plantnoun

An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.

Plantnoun

A young oyster suitable for transplanting.

Plantverb

(transitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.

Plantverb

(transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.

Plantverb

(transitive) To place or set something firmly or with conviction.

Plantverb

To place in the ground.

Plantverb

To furnish or supply with plants.

Plantverb

To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.

Plantverb

To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.

Plantverb

To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.

Plantverb

To set up; to install; to instate.

Plantnoun

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule.

Plantnoun

A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.

Plantnoun

The sole of the foot.

Plantnoun

The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad.

Plantnoun

A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.

Plantnoun

An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.

Plantverb

To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize.

Plantverb

To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots.

Plantverb

To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest.

Plantverb

To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.

Plantverb

To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony.

Plantverb

To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen.

Plantverb

To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face.

Plantverb

To set up; to install; to instate.

Plantverb

To perform the act of planting.

Plantnoun

buildings for carrying on industrial labor;

Plantnoun

a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

Plantnoun

something planted secretly for discovery by another;

Plantnoun

an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

Plantverb

put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground;

Plantverb

fix or set securely or deeply;

Plantverb

set up or lay the groundwork for;

Plantverb

place into a river;

Plantverb

place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive;

Plantverb

put firmly in the mind;

Plantnoun

a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.

Plantnoun

a small plant, as distinct from a shrub or tree

Plantnoun

a place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place

Plantnoun

machinery used in an industrial or manufacturing process

Plantnoun

a person placed in a group as a spy or informer

Plantnoun

a thing put among someone's belongings to incriminate or compromise them.

Plantnoun

a shot in which the cue ball is made to strike one of two touching or nearly touching balls with the result that the second is potted.

Plantverb

put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow

Plantverb

cover or supply (an area of land) with plants

Plantverb

place a plant in the ground out of doors so it can grow, especially after growing it from seed in an indoor environment

Plantverb

bury (someone)

Plantverb

set or place in a particular position

Plantverb

establish (an idea) in someone's mind

Plantverb

secretly place (a bomb that is set to go off at a later time)

Plantverb

put or hide (something) among someone's belongings to compromise or incriminate the owner

Plantverb

send (someone) to join a group or organization to act as a spy or informer

Plantverb

found or establish (a colony, city, or community)

Plantverb

deposit (young fish, spawn, oysters, etc.) in a river or lake.

Plant

Plants are mainly multicellular organisms, predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, plants were treated as one of two kingdoms including all living things that were not animals, and all algae and fungi were treated as plants.