plane
noun countable
/pleɪn/
Word Forms
| singular | plane |
| plural | planes |
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- 1Sound Effect ♬♬♬♬♬♬an aircraft with wings and at least one engine
Her father was killed in a plane crash.
by plane:We travelled by plane from Mexico City.
on/onto/off a plane:After passengers got off the plane in Dublin, it continued on its way to London.
catch a plane:We drove to the airport and caught the next plane to Nice.
Synonyms and related wordsAircraftaeroplaneAirbusaircraft - 2a level of thought, development, or existence
It was at United that Goram would reach a higher plane of achievement.
Synonyms and related wordsDescribing levels of development or maturitydevelopedfull-blownfull-grown - 3a flat surface
The paintings consist of a series of flat planes.
Synonyms and related wordsLines and flat surfacesarcaxischord- 3amathsa flat surface in which a straight line between any two points will lie completely on that surfaceSynonyms and related wordsLines and flat surfacesarcaxischord
- 4a tool used for making wooden surfaces smooth, that has a flat bottom with a sharp blade in itSynonyms and related wordsTools mainly used with woodadzeaugerax
- 5a plane treeSynonyms and related wordsTree namesacaciaalderalmond
plane
noun countable
/pleɪn/
Word Forms
| singular | plane |
| plural | planes |
© Getty Images/By Eve Livesey
- 1Sound Effect ♬♬♬♬♬♬an aircraft with wings and at least one engine
Her father was killed in a plane crash.
by plane:We traveled by plane from Mexico City.
on/onto/off a plane:After passengers got off the plane in Dublin, it continued on its way to London.
catch a plane:We drove to the airport and caught the next plane to Nice.
Synonyms and related wordsAircraftaeroplaneAirbusaircraft - 2a level of thought, development, or existence
It was at United that Goram would reach a higher plane of achievement.
Synonyms and related wordsDescribing levels of development or maturitydevelopedfull-blownfull-fledged - 3a tool used for making wooden surfaces smooth, that has a flat bottom with a sharp blade in itSynonyms and related wordsTools mainly used with woodadzaugerax
- 4a flat surface
The paintings consist of a series of flat planes.
Synonyms and related wordsLines and flat surfacesarcaxischord- 4amathsa flat surface in which a straight line between any two points will lie completely on that surfaceSynonyms and related wordsLines and flat surfacesarcaxischord
- 5a plane treeSynonyms and related wordsTree namesacaciaalderalmond
plane
verb
/pleɪn/
Word Forms
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | plane |
| he/she/it | planes |
| present participle | planing |
| past tense | planed |
| past participle | planed |
- 1transitive to give a piece of wood a smooth surface using a planeSynonyms and related wordsTo use a toolcardchasechip away
- 2intransitive to move smoothly through the air or across the surface of water
Seagulls planed over the cliffs.
Synonyms and related wordsTo jump, or to move in the airjumpboundleapSynonyms and related wordsTo move, or to make something move in watergo downcarrysink
plane
verb
/pleɪn/
Word Forms
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | plane |
| he/she/it | planes |
| present participle | planing |
| past tense | planed |
| past participle | planed |
- 1transitive to give a piece of wood a smooth surface using a planeSynonyms and related wordsTo use a toolcardchasechip away
- 2intransitive to move smoothly through the air or across the surface of water
Seagulls planed over the cliffs.
Synonyms and related wordsTo jump, or to move in the airjumpboundleapSynonyms and related wordsTo move, or to make something move in watergo downcarrysink