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PLANT

Definition:

[noun] buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"
Synonyms: works, industrial
[noun] a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
Synonyms: flora, life
[noun] something planted secretly for discovery by another; "the police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant"
[noun] an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
[verb] put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
Synonyms: set
[verb] fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"
Synonyms: imengraft, embed, imbed
[verb] set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
Synonyms: establish, found, constitute, institute
[verb] place into a river; "plant fish"
[verb] place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment"
[verb] put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds"
Synonyms: im