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ALL meanings of planing

plane
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  • noun planing Carpentry. any of various woodworking instruments for paring, truing, or smoothing, or for forming moldings, chamfers, rabbets, grooves, etc., by means of an inclined, adjustable blade moved along and against the piece being worked. 1
  • noun planing a trowellike tool for smoothing the surface of clay in a brick mold. 1
  • adjective planing flat or level, as a surface. 1
  • adjective planing of or relating to planes or plane figures. 1
  • verb without object planing to work with a plane. 1
  • verb without object planing to function as a plane. 1
  • verb with object planing to smooth or dress with or as if with a plane or a planer. 1
  • verb with object planing to remove by or as if by means of a plane (usually followed by away or off). 1
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