plane

Definitions

1. 1noun

   Any tree of the genus Platanus.

2. 2adjective

   Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.

3. 3adjective

   A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature.

4. 4adjective

   An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator.

5. 5adjective

   A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate.

6. 6adjective

   A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc.

7. 7adjective

   To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank.

8. 8adjective

   To efface or remove.

9. 9adjective

   Figuratively, to make plain or smooth.

10. 10noun

    an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets

    "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"

    Synonyms

    aeroplaneairplane
11. 11noun

    a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood

    "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"

12. 12noun

    a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood

    Synonyms

    planer
13. 13noun

    (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape

    "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"

    Synonyms

    sheet
14. 14noun

    a level of existence or development

    "he lived on a worldly plane"

15. 15verb

    cut or remove with or as if with a plane

    "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"

    Synonyms

    shave
16. 16verb

    make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane

    "plane the top of the door"

17. 17verb

    travel on the surface of water

    Synonyms

    skim
18. 18adjective

    having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

    "a flat desk"

    "acres of level farmland"

    Synonyms

    flatlevel