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    [Noun]  | "plane" | \ ˈplān \


    1: airplane

    2: one of the main supporting surfaces of an airplane

    3: a surface in which if any two points are chosen a straight line joining them lies wholly in that surface


    Origin: 1604 ;

     Latin planum, from neuter of planus level;

    [Noun]  | "plane" 


    1: a tool for smoothing or shaping a wood surface


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin plana, from planare;

    [Noun]  | "plane" 


    1: any of a genus (Platanus of the family Platanaceae, the plane-tree family) of chiefly deciduous trees with large palmately lobed leaves, flowers in globose heads, and usually scaling bark —called also buttonwood, plane tree, sycamore


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin platanus, from Greek platanos; probably akin to Greek platys broad {mat|place|};

    [Noun]  | "plane angle" 


    1: an angle that for a given dihedral angle is formed by two intersecting lines each of which lies on a face of the dihedral angle and is perpendicular to the edge of the face


    Origin: 1570 ;

    [Noun]  | "plane geometry" 


    1: a branch of elementary geometry that deals with plane figures


    Origin: 1747 ;

    [Verb]  | "plane" 


    1: to make smooth or even : level

    2: to make smooth or even by use of a plane

    3: to remove by or as if by planing —often used with away or off


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French planer, from Late Latin planare, from Latin planus level {mat|floor|};

    [Verb]  | "plane" 


    1: to fly while keeping the wings motionless

    2: to skim across the surface of the water

    3: to travel by airplane


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, from Middle French planer, from plain level, plain;

    [Adjective]  | "plane" 


    1: having no elevations or depressions : flat

    2: of, relating to, or dealing with geometric planes

    3: lying in a plane


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Latin planus;

    [Adjective]  | "plane-po*lar*ized" 


    1: vibrating in a single plane


    Origin: 1833 ;

    [Noun phrase]  | "plane of polarization" 


    1: the plane in which the magnetic-vibration component of plane-polarized electromagnetic radiation lies


    Origin: 1815 ;

    [Noun]  | "plane" 


    1: a vehicle for traveling through the air that has fixed wings for lift;


      * e.g., " ... a plane flew overhead "



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    [Adjective]  | "plane" 


    1: having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities;


      * e.g., " ... you can do these tracings on any plane surface "





    [Verb]  | "plane" 


    1: to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps;


      * e.g., " ... planed the wood for the picnic table perfectly smooth so that no one would get splinters "





    [Verb]  | "plane" 


    1: to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings;


      * e.g., " ... an eagle planed effortlessly overhead, gliding on an air current "



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     [ "plane" ]

    1: noun: Accourding to Samuel L. Jackson, ABSOLUTELY the worst place to have unaccounted-for snakes.

      * e.g.,  ... Samuel L. Jackson: We got Snakes on a Plane, man! 

     [ "plane" ]

    1: a marijuana ciggarette. a "joint"

      * e.g.,  ... i just rolled a fat plane. you wanna spark it? 

     [ "plane" ]

    1: Shorthand for aeroplane.

      * e.g.,  ... I just got off the plane an hour ago. 

     [ "plane" ]

    1: Possibly the most important invention in modern history. They've fulfilled man's oldest dream: to fly.

      * e.g.,  ... That plane will take you across the world in less than a day, when back in the days it would take months of sailing. 

     [ "plane" ]

    1: a male's penis. to be used in conjunction with the term 'landing strip'.

      * e.g.,  ... I landed my plane on Mandy's landing strip. 

     [ "plane" ]

    1: To use logical argument to utterly refute someone else's position. From _Anathem_ by Neal Stephenson.

      * e.g.,  ... Biden totally planed Palin in the debate last night. 

     [ "plane" ]

    1:  v. for a flying object to strike a stationary object.

      * e.g.,  ...  that bird just planed the shit out of my windshield. 

     [ "Plane" ]

    1: Something that those motherfucking snakes should get off of.

      * e.g.,  ... Samuel L. Jackson: Thats it! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes, on this motherfucking plane! 

     [ "this plane" ]

    1: Used in songs by Wiz Khalifa. - getting high and taking flight

      * e.g.,  ... You gon' miss this plane" 

     [ "planeing" ]

    1: To travel somewhere by plane.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: Dude how you getting to Mexico? 

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