Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To plant (something) again or in a new place.
- transitive verb To supply with new plants.
- transitive verb To reattach (an organ or limbs, for example) surgically to the original site.
- noun Something replanted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To plant again.
- Figuratively, to reinstate.
- noun That which is replanted.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To plant again.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
plant again, especially to plant using different plants, or in a different design
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb plant again or anew
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Examples
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Now, a certain variety is being planted, but each time it is necessary to replant, that is to say, to replace those plants which are not developing properly, seedlings of higher quality will be used, hybrid seedlings, which have a much higher yield but which also require greater knowledge.
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Experts from the Colorado Association of Lawn Care Professionals, Front Range Community College, area Scout troops and dozens of others have volunteered to "replant" Riverside beginning Wednesday, which is Earth Day.
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Unless post-evangelicals can "replant" our movement in the
internetmonk.com 2009
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His office estimates the effort has cost hundreds of thousands of pounds, including legal costs and a £ 50,000 clean-up effort to remove garbage and feces and to replant grass and flower beds.
Westminster Squatters Just Aren't on Wills and Kate's Guest List Cassell Bryan-Low 2011
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In September, they will replant some trees and landscape the area.
Falls Church community braces for rail yard expansion Kafia A. Hosh 2011
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Cal had donated money to clean up the highway and to replant the groves.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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His losses are protected by crop insurance, but he said he won't be able to replant this year.
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Mohammad Ashraf, a farmer, says he's the only one in his village who was able to replant this fall because he borrowed money.
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I am planning to create a series of large airy salons adorned with painted ceilings and gilt boiseries, replant the gardens and restock the lakes, build glasshouses to grow tropical fruits never yet to be tasted on our shores, and, in short, make it the envy of all Europe—including the French—I suppose especially the French.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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In September, they will replant some trees and landscape the area.
Falls Church community braces for rail yard expansion Kafia A. Hosh 2011
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