- plane
- [[t]ple͟ɪn[/t]]
♦♦planes, planing, planed1) N-COUNT A plane is a vehicle with wings and one or more engines, which can fly through the air.
He had plenty of time to catch his plane...
Her mother was killed in a plane crash.
...fighter planes.
Syn:aeroplane, airplane2) N-COUNT A plane is a flat, level surface which may be sloping at a particular angle....a building with angled planes.
3) N-SING If a number of points are in the same plane, one line or one flat surface could pass through them all.All the planets orbit the Sun in roughly the same plane, round its equator.
4) N-COUNT: adj N If you say that something is on a higher plane, you mean that it is more spiritual or less concerned with ordinary things. [LITERARY]...life on a higher plane of existence...
We felt we were living life on several different planes.
Syn:5) N-COUNT A plane is a tool that has a flat bottom with a sharp blade in it. You move the plane over a piece of wood in order to remove thin pieces of its surface.6) VERB If you plane a piece of wood, you make it smaller or smoother by using a plane.[V n] She watches him plane the surface of a walnut board...
[V n adj] Again I planed the surface flush.
Plane down means the same as plane.Also V n P
V P n (not pron) The piece was reduced in size by planing down the four corners.7) VERB If something such as a boat planes across water, it moves quickly across the water, just touching the surface.[V across n] All four of the boats planed across the Solent with the greatest of ease. [Also V]
Syn:8) N-COUNT A plane or a plane tree is a large tree with broad leaves which often grows in towns.Phrasal Verbs:
English dictionary. 2008.
