replant
Americanverb (used with object)
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replants,
present (3rd person singular)
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replanted,
past participle, past
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replanting
present participle
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to plant again.
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to cover again with plants, sow with seeds, etc..
After the drought, we had to replant the south lawn.
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to transfer (a plant) from one soil or container to another.
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Surgery. to reattach, as a severed arm, finger, or toe, especially with the use of microsurgery to reconnect nerves and blood vessels.
verb
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to plant again
she replanted the bulbs that the dog had dug up
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to reattach (a severed limb or part) by surgery
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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replantsimple
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replantssimple
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have replantedperfect
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has replantedperfect
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am replantingprogressive
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are replantingprogressive
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is replantingprogressive
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have been replantingperfect progressive
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has been replantingperfect progressive
Past
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replantedsimple
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had replantedperfect
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was replantingprogressive
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were replantingprogressive
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had been replantingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of replant
Example Sentences
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Since lettuce has about a 30-day growing cycle, farmers that are plowing their crops back into the ground are weighing whether to replant or dial back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Efforts to replant acacias are underway, Tayeb of the Khartoum forestry administration said, but seedlings grow slowly and can take years to mature.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
In exchange, the city’s parkway program provided free native plants suitable for Long Beach to replant the area and mulch to help retain rainwater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025
"If I can get a seed, we can replant one," he says, grabbing a handful.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025
He kind of laughed and was like, Dude, the trees are going to have to replant themselves.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
That’s why whenever I think about habitat fragmentation, I also think of the conservation group Saving Nature, which buys up farmland and other degraded lands, replants them, and recreates habitats and migration corridors.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2024
He uses hand clippers to trim back the plants trying to grow outside the lawn borders, and replants those cuttings to fill in areas that are looking thin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
One small business in East Lothian, run by a 14-year-old boy and his dad, hire trees to local customers and then replants them in early January.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2022
Mayfield doesn’t merely reuse wood; she, symbolically at least, replants it.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 4, 2022
The common hoe is a very imperfect tool for the purpose of removing weeds, as it prepares a better soil for, and replants in a position to grow, nearly as many weeds as it destroys.
From The Elements of Agriculture A Book for Young Farmers, with Questions Prepared for the Use of Schools by George E. (George Edwin) Waring
It had replanted, and injected trees with OTC, and everything else.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Researchers ultimately hope that if resistant trees emerge, they could eventually be replanted in forests and help restore the species to its natural ecosystem.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026
Although State Parks officials are trying to maintain as many of the original trees as possible because of their historical significance, there are ongoing discussions about what tree species should be replanted, Tejada said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2025
By the time the market recovers, the thinking goes, the replanted vines will be capable of producing higher-value grapes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
Much of the crop was ruined and would have to be replanted.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
Adding to the worries about his bottom line is the existential threat that poor prices will discourage growers from replanting pine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
These includes fortifying homes against wildfires, replanting fire-ravaged forests and thinning out vegetation with prescribed burns, goat grazing and manual thinning with heavy machinery to reduce the intensity of potential fires.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
"People were still thatching roofs and replanting," she said, warning that "for those communities, it will be even harder to reset".
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
By removing the drainage tiles buried underground and replanting native trees, wildflowers and grasses, they are strategically turning these parcels back into wetlands.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2025
They use a variety of methods, often simultaneously: protection of habitat, replanting of habitat, stricter laws to prevent poaching, community awareness—and reintroducing animals back into the wild.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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