planting

plant-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Present participle of plant; the action of placing seeds, bulbs, or plants in the ground to grow.

  2. 2.

    As a noun, the act or process of establishing plants.

Related words

Antonyms: harvesting, uprooting
See also: gardening, plant, planted
Synonyms: cultivating, seeding, sowing

Etymology

From Latin plantare meaning "to drive in with the feet, to plant."