plant

plant
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A n
1 Bot, Hort gen plante f ; (seedling) plant m ; tobacco/flowering plant plante de tabac/à fleurs ;
2 Ind (factory) usine f ; (power station) centrale f ; chemical plant usine chimique ; nuclear plant centrale nucléaire ; steel plant aciérie f ;
3 ¢ Ind (buildings, machinery, fixtures) installations fpl industrielles et commerciales ; (fixed machinery) installations fpl ; (movable machinery) matériel m ;
4 (person) taupe ○ f ; (piece of evidence) faux indice m.
B modif Bot [disease, reproduction] des plantes ; [biologist, geneticist] spécialisé dans l'étude des plantes.
C vtr
1 (put to grow) planter [seed, bulb, tree] ; semer [crop] ; to plant a field with wheat semer un champ de blé ; to plant one's garden with trees planter des arbres dans son jardin ;
2 (illicitly put in place) placer [bomb, explosive, tape recorder, spy] ; to plant drugs/a weapon on sb placer de la drogue/une arme sur qn pour l'incriminer ; to plant a story faire paraître un article (pour influencer l'opinion) ; to plant a question poser une question (dont on a tacitement convenu auparavant) ;
3 to plant a kiss/foot etc on sth planter un baiser/pied etc sur qch ; to plant a knife/a spade in sth planter un couteau/une bêche dans qch ;
4 (start, engender) donner [idea] ; jeter [doubt] ; to plant doubt in sb's mind jeter le doute dans l'esprit de qn ; to plant an idea in sb's mind mettre une idée dans la tête de qn.
D v refl to plant oneself between/in front of se planter entre/devant.
Phrasal verb
■ plant out :
▶ plant [sth] out, plant out [sth] repiquer [seedlings].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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