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- [pleyn]
- /pleɪn/
- /pleɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pleyn]
- /pleɪn/
Definitions of plane word
- noun plane plane tree. 1
- adjective plane flat or level, as a surface. 1
- adjective plane of or relating to planes or plane figures. 1
- verb without object plane to work with a plane. 1
- verb without object plane to function as a plane. 1
- verb with object plane to smooth or dress with or as if with a plane or a planer. 1
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Origin of plane
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50 for sense “to soar”; 1640-50 for noun and adj. senses; (noun) < Latin plānum flat surface (noun use of plānus flat); (adj.) < Latin plānus; first used to distinguish the geometrical senses formerly belonging to plain1; in def. 5, shortened form of airplane, aeroplane, or hydroplane; (v.) late Middle English planen (of a bird) to soar (compare Middle French planer); akin to plain1
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Parts of speech for Plane
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
plane popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
plane usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for plane
adj plane
- accumbent — (of plant parts and plants) lying against some other part or thing
- complanate — having a flattened or compressed aspect
- flat — horizontally level: a flat roof.
- flush — a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
- frictionless — surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
noun plane
- aeroplane — An aeroplane is a vehicle with wings and one or more engines that enable it to fly through the air.
- airbus — An Airbus is an aeroplane which is designed to carry a large number of passengers for fairly short distances.
- airliner — An airliner is a large aeroplane that is used for carrying passengers.
- airplane — An airplane is a vehicle with wings and one or more engines that enable it to fly through the air.
- airship — An airship is an aircraft that consists of a large balloon which is filled with gas and is powered by an engine. It has a section underneath for passengers.
verb plane
- beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- blue pencil — deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work
- boil down — When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
- flatten — to make flat.
- ironing — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
adjective plane
- mirrorlike — Resembling a mirror; reflective.
- oblate — flattened at the poles, as a spheroid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about its shorter axis (opposed to prolate).
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