planting

Definitions

The act of placing seeds, bulbs, or young plants in the ground to grow.

A group of plants, trees, or shrubs that have been set in a particular area.

The action of establishing or setting something firmly in a specific position.

Examples

We spent the entire afternoon planting flowers in the backyard garden.

The farmers are busy planting seeds in preparation for the spring harvest.

Synonyms

sowing seeding cultivating establishing embedding setting transplanting

Antonyms

harvesting uprooting reaping extracting clearing removing weeding