Definitions for planting
plant·ing

Princeton's WordNet(1.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. plantingnoun

   the act of fixing firmly in place

   "he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway"

2. plantingnoun

   a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area

   "the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner"

3. plantingnoun

   putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow

   "the planting of corn is hard work"

Wiktionary(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. plantingnoun

   A plant (or clipping) that has been freshly planted.

   Take one of the plantings over as a house-warming gift.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Planting

   of Plant

2. Plantingnoun

   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

3. Plantingnoun

   that which is planted; a plantation

4. Plantingnoun

   the laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. planting

   The act or process of to place a seed, plant, shrub or tree within the land, field, compost or form of earth.

   The planting season had started accurately on time.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 28, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Collection
   • Farming
   • Placement

How to pronounce planting?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say planting in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of planting in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of planting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of planting in a Sentence

1. Matias Meier:

   People should be planting now but they are on the move.

2. Dale Nolte:

   If you are a farmer, they can clean out your crops overnight, we have farmers tell us they have given up on planting high-dollar crops because of the feral hog problem.

3. Tinago Chisvo:

   I knew about El Nino after I had already started planting my tobacco, had I opted to change my plan soon after receiving the warning, I wouldn't have fallen in the current crisis.

4. Punchi Banda Herath:

   It happened to me in 2011 and again in 2013, there were floods earlier in the year, but by the time I went to do the planting toward the end of the year there was no water left. The small reservoirs in this region can't hold that much water when it rains, and run dry very fast when drought sets in.

5. John Brink:

   We're so far along in our planting season that we can't change anything.

Popularity rank by frequency of use