planting

/ˈplɑːntɪŋ//ˈplæntɪŋ/

verb

1
To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
2
To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
“That gun's not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer!”
3
To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
“Plant your feet firmly and give the rope a good tug.”
4
To place in the ground.
5
To furnish or supply with plants.
“to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest”
6
To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
7
To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.
“to plant a colony”
8
To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.
“to plant Christianity among the heathen”
9
To set up; to install; to instate.

1
A plant (or clipping) that has been freshly planted.
“Take one of the plantings over as a house-warming gift.”
2
The act of setting a plant in the ground for growth.
3
A plantation.

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