planted
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past participleof plant.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
plantnounany 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. -
past tense formof plant.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
plantnounany 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.
Example Sentences
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The seeds of that climax were planted decades earlier, in 1891, when Irene was only 19.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Since 2021, the National Trust said it had planted 125,000 trees and created 35 hectares of woodland and 52 hectares of wood pasture, with another 77 hectares of tree planting currently being designed.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
One of his children now says a conversation about his estate planning proves I planted the idea.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
On Tuesday, a Saudi employee of OpenAI, Abdulrahman Alfozan, was charged with trying to record audio using a device planted behind a TV set in a company conference room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
"Maybe Deirdre stole the slippers, then planted the rhinestone in Gregory's bag to make him look guilty," Bess suggested.
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
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