Plane

Adjective

 * 1) Of a surface: flat or level.

Noun

 * 1)  A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane).
 * 2) A level of existence. (eg, astral plane)
 * 3) A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc.
 * 4)  Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points.

Hyponyms

 * real plane, complex plane

Noun



 * 1)  A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface.

Verb

 * 1)  To smooth (wood) with a plane.

Noun

 * 1) An airplane; an aeroplane.

Derived terms

 * floatplane
 * planeside
 * planespotter/plane spotter/plane-spotter
 * plane spotting
 * seaplane

Verb

 * 1)  To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water.
 * 2) To glide or soar.

Noun

 * 1)  A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus.
 * 2)  A sycamore.

Adjectives for Plane
realistic; conversational; convex; experimental; inclined; reconnoitering; fast; luxurious; powerful; ascending; vertical; emerald; transport; swift; passenger; streamlined; metal; mail; trimotored.

Verbs for Plane
bail out of—; bank—; contact—; fuel—; hop (colloq.)—; license—; maroon—; navigate —; pilot—; throttle—; —bores up; —drones s —flashes over; —gleams; —gyrates; — swoops; —takes off; —taxies out; —twists; —whirs; —wings; -—zooms.

Thesaurus
aeroplane, aircraft, airliner, airplane, alabaster, amount, aspire, avion, beading plane, become airborne, bench plane, billiard table, block plane, bowling alley, bowling green, caliber, capping plane, claw skyward, compass, core-box plane, cut, dab, dado plane, dead flat, dead level, degree, dovetail plane, downy, drag, dress, dub, earth, edge plane, equalize, esplanade, even, extent, flat, flatland, flatten, flattened, float, floor, flush, fly, fly aloft, flying machine, fore plane, gain altitude, glabrate, glabrescent, glabrous, glass, glide, grade, grease, grooving plane, ground, hang, harrow, heavier-than-air craft, height, homaloid, homaloidal, horizontal, horizontal axis, horizontal fault, horizontal line, horizontal parallax, horizontal plane, horizontal projection, hover, ice, interval, ivory, jack plane, jet plane, jointer, kite, lay, leap, leave the ground, ledge, leiotrichous, level, level line, level plane, lubricate, mahogany, marble, mark, mean sea level, measure, mow, notch, nuance, oil, parterre, pas, peg, period, pitch, plain, planer, planing machine, planish, plaster, plateau, platform, point, poise, prairie, proportion, rabbet plane, range, ratio, reach, reed plane, regular, remove, rolled, round, routing plane, rung, sash plane, satin, scale, scope, scraper plane, scrub plane, sea level, sea of grass, shade, shadow, shave, ship, silk, skate, skid, skim, slide, slip, smooth, smooth down, smooth out, smooth-shaven, smooth-textured, smoothed out, smoothen, smoothened, soar, space, spire, squashed, squashed flat, stair, standard, step, steppe, stint, suave, table, tabloid, tabular, take off, tennis court, terrace, thumb plane, tread, trenching plane, trodden, trodden flat, trying plane, unbroken, uniform, uninterrupted, unrough, unroughened, unruffled, velvet, water level, zoom

Etymology 1
From planum:, a noun use of the neuter of planus:. The word was introduced in the seventeenth century to distinguish the geometrical senses from the other senses of plain.

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from plana:, from plano:

Etymology 3
Abbreviated from aeroplane.

Etymology 4
From plane: from  platanus:, from  πλάτανος: from πλατύς:.

Adjective

 * Armenian: ,
 * Czech: plochý, rovinný
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: plan, plat
 * German:
 * Greek: επίπεδος [e̞ˈpipe̞ˌðo̞s], ομαλός [ˌo̞maˈlo̞s] , λείος [ˈliˌo̞s]


 * Hebrew: מישורי (mishori)
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:, ,

Noun

 * Armenian: հարթություն
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ebeno
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: επίπεδο [e̞ˈpipe̞ˌðo̞]
 * Hebrew: מישור (mishor)
 * Ido: plano
 * Italian:


 * Latvian: plakne
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: плоскость (plóskost’)
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: తలము (talamu)
 * Vietnamese:


 * Armenian: հարթություն (hart'ut'yun)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: επίπεδο [e̞ˈpipe̞ˌðo̞]
 * Italian:


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: уровень (úroven’)
 * Slovak:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Finnish:

Related terms

 * plain
 * planar

Noun

 * Albanian: zdrukth
 * Campidanese Sardinian: prana
 * Catalan: ribot
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: høvl
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: rabotilo
 * Estonian: höövel
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: πλάνη [ˈplani], ροκάνι [ro̞ˈkani] , ρυκάνη [riˈkani]
 * Hebrew: מקצוע (maktsoa)
 * Hungarian:


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: ,
 * Luhya:
 * Maltese: varloppa
 * Norwegian: høvel
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: skobelj
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: hyvel
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * Czech:
 * Danish: høvle
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: hööveldama
 * Finnish:
 * German: hobeln
 * Greek: πλανίζω [plaˈnizo̞], ροκανίζω [ˌro̞kaˈnizo̞] (means also "to gnaw"), λειαίνω [liˈe̞no̞], εξομαλίζω [e̞ˌk͡so̞maˈlizo̞], ομαλύνω [ˌo̞maˈlino̞], ισιάζω [iˈsçazo̞]
 * Hebrew: הקציע
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: høvle
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: rabota
 * Russian: строгать (strogát’)
 * Slovak: hobľovať
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: చిత్రిక పట్టు (chitrika paTTu)
 * Vietnamese:

Noun

 * Armenian: ,
 * Asturian: avión
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: flyver
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: Flugzeug, Flieger (infml.)
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מטוס (matos), אווירון (aviron)
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,


 * Macedonian:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: lietadlo
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tok Pisin: balus
 * Turkish: uçak, tayyare
 * Ukrainian: літак
 * Vietnamese: máy bay; tàu bay

Verb

 * Finnish: liukua, plaanata, nousta plaaniin
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Russian:
 * Swahili:

Noun

 * Armenian:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: plataan
 * Finnish: plataanipuu
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: πλάτανος [ˈplataˌno̞s], πλατάνι [plaˈtani]


 * Hebrew: דולב (dolev)
 * Hungarian: platán
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Slovak:
 * Swahili:
 * Vietnamese: cây tiêu huyền

Anagrams

 * Alpen
 * Nepal
 * panel
 * penal
 * plena

Anagrams

 * Népal
 * pénal

Adverb

 * 1) distinctly, intelligibly
 * 2) wholly, quite, thoroughly
 * 3) (in answering) certainly, absolutely, by all reason, beyond a doubt

Etymology
From planus:.

Related terms

 * plānus