replant
Americanverb (used with object)
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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
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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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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
It includes an outdoor space that, for reasons, Carrie is obligated to replant from scratch.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
Work to replant trees in the Glen Rosa valley has already begun and a fundraising appeal to help revitalise the area has so far raised £12,000.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
She still moved slowly compared to her grandparents, but there were fewer “leaners” that she needed to replant.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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
I talked to a farmer at the farmers market and he said he always pulls the plants and replants and he had no idea what would grow.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2021
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 Waring, George E. (George Edwin)
The Weisses hired garden specialists to review decades-old photos of the Penguin Coffee Shop to determine which varieties of flowers decorated the front of the restaurant, then they replanted them.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Although Weyerhaeuser’s hardwood forests in New England and West Virginia are logged selectively and naturally regenerate, its coniferous timberlands in the South and Pacific Northwest are clear-cut and replanted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
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
They lugged the bush to the opposite side of the yard where there was a mound of dirt, and they replanted the bush.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
That includes replanting them in burn areas and maybe watering them, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
"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
Some Sonoma grape growers are taking this year’s tumble in sales as an opportunity to dig up older vines and start the multiyear process of replanting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 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
I’d be tending my herb garden, clipping sprigs of fragrant leaves or replanting tender roots, then all of a sudden, a single tear would fall down my face without my awareness, surprising me.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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