planting

• present participle

  present participle

  A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.

  of plant.
  plant

  noun

  any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or the use of photosynthesis.

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A Saudi employee of OpenAI was arrested after allegedly planting a recording device in one of the company's San Francisco offices, the AI firm and federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Mr. O’Malley spun his ever-present cigar, paused for just a second and replied, ‘I want to be remembered for planting a tree.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The solution, she proposed, was El-Sayed planting his feet on the ground in those areas and speaking out against the bad practices of Arab business owners in Black communities.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

McClendon died in a car crash a decade ago, but Mike Knopp, founder of Riversport Foundation, the nonprofit that operates the site, credits him with planting the seeds of the Olympic project.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

There are as many methods as there are farmers for determining the readiness of the earth for planting.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Related Words

• farming
• gardening
• horticulture