PLANTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does planted mean? 

• PLANTED (adjective)
  The adjective PLANTED has 2 senses:

1. (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held

2. set in the soil for growth

  Familiarity information: PLANTED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLANTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held

Synonyms:

deep-rooted; deep-seated; implanted; ingrained; planted

Context example:

a deeply planted need

Similar:

constituted; established (brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Set in the soil for growth

Similar:

cropped ((of land or soil) used for growing crops)

naturalised; naturalized (planted so as to give an effect of wild growth)

potbound; rootbound ((of a potted plant) grown too large for its container resulting in matting or tangling of the roots)

quickset (grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground)

seeded; sown (sprinkled with seed)

self-seeded; self-sowed; self-sown (growing from seed dispersed by natural agency such as wind or birds)

soil-building ((of crops) planted to improve the quality of the soil)

Antonym:

unplanted (not planted)

 Context examples 

Seeds you may have planted at the end of last month will eventually bear great fruit.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Alkali-resistant ‘sea rice’ planted in east China’s Shandong Province was harvested by Chinese scientists from Qingdao Sea Rice R&D Centre.

(Saltwater Rice Successfully Harvested by Chinese Scientists, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They have now called for more shrubs, plants and trees to be planted in urban areas on the back of the findings.

(People Living Near Parks in Cities Less Likely to Face Early Death, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Not being in a condition to remove his doubt, I only cast my eyes down on the two large feet planted on the rug, and sighed, wishing myself far enough away.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

When Traddles went away, and I came back into the parlour from seeing him out, my wife planted her chair close to mine, and sat down by my side.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

They collected soil samples, enveloped trees in belts to measure growth on a fine scale and planted sensors that continue to collect data on soil moisture and temperature, which varies widely in forests.

(From tropical to boreal ecosystems, temperature drives functioning, National Science Foundation)

“Yes, I have got it now,” he answered with his thick red finger planted halfway down the column.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had come to New York to avoid the Italian police, and he had already planted a branch of this dreadful society in his new home.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Her banner is planted on ice. Her banner is scorched in the sun.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Human kindness was like a sun shining upon him, and he flourished like a flower planted in good soil.

(White Fang, by Jack London)