Definitions for: Planting


[n] putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow; "the planting of corn is hard work"
[n] the act of fixing firmly in place; "he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway"
[n] a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area; "the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner"



Webster (1913) Definition: Plant"ing, n.
1. The act or operation of setting in the ground for
propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of
plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations,
as of sugar, coffee, etc.

2. That which is planted; a plantation.

Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord.
--Isa. lxi. 3.

3. (Arch.) The laying of the first courses of stone in a
foundation. [Eng.]

See Also: accumulation, aggregation, agriculture, assemblage, collection, emplacement, farming, husbandry, insemination, locating, location, placement, position, positioning

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