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Definition of planting : 1. of Plant
2. That which is planted; a plantation.
3. The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.
4. The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.

Synonyms:

pose, set, lay, farming, put, plant, place, drilling, position, ding

grafting, establishing, positioning, locating, instating, connecting, initiating, building in, fixing, implanting, rooting, installing, inserting, embedding, setting up, placing, putting, ensconcing

cremating, entombing, interring, embalming, burying

Usage examples:

• It is interesting to know how these old groves and plantations ever came into existence in a land where at that time there was practically no tree- planting. - "Far Away and Long Ago", W. H. Hudson.
• When that day comes, I must take my revenge, and turn gardener again; for I find I am much given to planting. - "The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18) The Duke of Guise; Albion and Albanius; Don Sebastian", John Dryden.
• They must travel farther, and to be forced to stop now, and thus lose precious plowing and planting days for the first season's crop, was a bitter disappointment. - "The Lost Wagon", James Arthur Kjelgaard.