noun
an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
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- the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane
noun
(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape
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- we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane
- any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane
noun
a level of existence or development
Examples
- he lived on a worldly plane
noun
a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
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noun
a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
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carpenter's plane
woodworking plane
Examples
- the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work
verb
cut or remove with or as if with a plane
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- The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood
verb
travel on the surface of water
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verb
make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane
Examples
- plane the top of the door
adjective
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
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- a flat desk
- acres of level farmland
- a plane surface
- skirts sewn with fine flat seams