- plane
- plane1 W3S2 [pleın] n▬▬▬▬▬▬▬1¦(aircraft)¦2¦(level)¦3¦(tool)¦4¦(tree)¦5¦(surface)¦▬▬▬▬▬▬▬[Sense: 1; Date: 1900-2000; Origin: aeroplane][Sense: 2,5; Date: 1600-1700; : Latin; Origin: planum, from planus; PLAIN1][Sense: 3; Date: 1300-1400; : Old French; Origin: Late Latin plana, from planare; PLANE2][Sense: 4; Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: Latin platanus]1.) ¦(AIRCRAFT)¦a vehicle that flies in the air and has wings and at least one engine▪ The plane will take off in twenty minutes.▪ Our plane landed at O'Hare airport in Chicago.▪ It's much quicker to go by plane .▪ The plane taxied along the runway.▪ Matt boarded a plane for San Diego.▪ She slept on the plane .▪ Over 40 people died in the plane crash .2.) ¦(LEVEL)¦a level or standard of thought, conversation etc▪ The two newspapers are on completely different intellectual planes.3.) ¦(TOOL)¦a tool that has a flat bottom with a sharp blade in it, used for making wooden surfaces smooth4.) ¦(TREE)¦a ↑plane tree5.) ¦(SURFACE)¦technical a completely flat surface in ↑geometry▬▬▬▬▬▬▬COLLOCATES for sense 1a plane takes off (=it goes into the air from the ground)a plane lands/touches down (=it arrives on the ground from the air)by planea plane taxies (=it moves on the ground)get on/board a planeon a planeget off a planecatch a planefly a plane (=be the pilot of a plane)plane crashWORD FOCUS: planesimilar words: airplane also aeroplane (BrE), aircraftplanes that carry people: passenger plane, airliner, jumboa military plane: warplane, bomber, fighterpeople on a plane: pilot, co-pilot, captain, flight crew, cabin crew, passenger, flight attendant, steward, air hostessthe place where a plane lands or takes off: runway, the tarmac, airport, aerodrome (BrE old-fashioned)See also: helicopter, flight, air force, airbase▬▬▬▬▬▬▬plane 2plane2 v [T][Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: planer, from Late Latin planare, from Latin planus; PLAIN1]if you plane a piece of wood, you make it smoother or smaller, using a plane▪ He planed the edge of the door.plane 3plane3 adj [only before noun][Date: 1500-1600; : Latin; Origin: planus; PLAIN1]technical completely flat and smooth▪ a plane surface
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.