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.

Example Sentences

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planting

Under a policy based on the premise that the dead trees, or “snags,” will become fuel for future devastating wildfires and hinder planting of replacement trees, the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

New woodlands have been created by volunteers planting more than 109,000 trees across Lancashire in the last year.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

On Tuesday, Saudi OpenAI employee Abdulrahman Alfozan was charged with planting a recording device behind a conference room TV.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

After the planting was done, it would not be such a sore subject.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

Related Words

• farming
• gardening
• horticulture