plane
adjective
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having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than anotherflat
noun
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an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets“the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane”airplaneaeroplane
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a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood“the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work”carpenter's planewoodworking plane
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a power tool for smoothing or shaping woodplanerplaning machine
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in mathematics, an unbounded two-dimensional shape“We will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane.”sheet
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a level of existence or development“They lived on a worldly plane but dreamt of ascending to a more spiritual one.”
verb
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cut or remove with or as if with a planeshave
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make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane“plane the top of the door”
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travel on the surface of waterskim