plant – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of plant

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to plant
Participle: planted
Gerund: planting

Cognates

See the 5 cognates of plant

Indicative

Present

Iplant
youplant
he;she;itplants
weplant
youplant
theyplant

Perfect

Ihave planted
youhave planted
he;she;ithas planted
wehave planted
youhave planted
theyhave planted

Past

Iplanted
youplanted
he;she;itplanted
weplanted
youplanted
theyplanted

Pluperfect

Ihad planted
youhad planted
he;she;ithad planted
wehad planted
youhad planted
theyhad planted

Future

Iwill plant
youwill plant
he;she;itwill plant
wewill plant
youwill plant
theywill plant

Future Perfect

Iwill have planted
youwill have planted
he;she;itwill have planted
wewill have planted
youwill have planted
theywill have planted

Subjunctive

Present

Iplant
youplant
he;she;itplant
weplant
youplant
theyplant

Perfect

Ihave planted
youhave planted
he;she;ithave planted
wehave planted
youhave planted
theyhave planted

Imperfect

Iplanted
youplanted
he;she;itplanted
weplanted
youplanted
theyplanted

Pluperfect

Ihad planted
youhad planted
he;she;ithad planted
wehad planted
youhad planted
theyhad planted

Conditional

Present

Iwould plant
youwould plant
he;she;itwould plant
wewould plant
youwould plant
theywould plant

Perfect

Iwould have planted
youwould have planted
he;she;itwould have planted
wewould have planted
youwould have planted
theywould have planted

Imperative

youplant
weLet's plant
youplant

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam planting
youare planting
he;she;itis planting
weare planting
youare planting
theyare planting

Perfect

Ihave been planting
youhave been planting
he;she;ithas been planting
wehave been planting
youhave been planting
theyhave been planting

Past

Iwas planting
youwere planting
he;she;itwas planting
wewere planting
youwere planting
theywere planting

Pluperfect

Ihad been planting
youhad been planting
he;she;ithad been planting
wehad been planting
youhad been planting
theyhad been planting

Future

Iwill be planting
youwill be planting
he;she;itwill be planting
wewill be planting
youwill be planting
theywill be planting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been planting
youwill have been planting
he;she;itwill have been planting
wewill have been planting
youwill have been planting
theywill have been planting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be planting
youwould be planting
he;she;itwould be planting
wewould be planting
youwould be planting
theywould be planting

Perfect

Iwould have been planting
youwould have been planting
he;she;itwould have been planting
wewould have been planting
youwould have been planting
theywould have been planting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'plant'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'plant'

lant, pant, plait, plan, plane, plank, plat, slant, ant, bland,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

seed
pitch, set, farm, sow

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. plante "young tree or shrub, herb newly planted," from L. planta "sprout, shoot, cutting," perhaps from *plantare "to drive in with the feet, push into the ground with the feet," from planta "sole of the foot." Ger. Pflanze, Ir. cland, Welsh plant are from Latin. Broader sense of "any vegetable life" is first recorded 1551. The verb, "put in the ground to grow," is O.E. plantian, from L. plantare, from planta. Most extended usages are from the verbal sense. Sense of a building "planted" or begun for an industrial process is first attested 1789. Slang meaning "a spy" is first recorded 1812. Planter "proprietor of a cultivated estate in W.Indies or southern colonies of N.America" is attested from 1647; hence planter's punch (1924).
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *pel-?
5. Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-der.
6. Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
7. Proto-Italic *plāntā?
8. Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-der.
9. Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂
10. Proto-Italic *plānktā
11. Latin plantabor.
12. Proto-West Germanic *plantu
13. Old English plante
14. Middle English plante
15. English plant
16. From Middle English plante, from Old English plante (“young tree or shrub, herb newly planted”), from Proto-West Germanic *plantu, from Latin planta (“sprout, shoot, cutting”). Broader sense of "any vegetable life, vegetation generally" is from Old French plante. Doublet of clan (borrowed through Celtic languages) and planta (directly from Latin).
17. The verb is from Middle English planten, from Old English plantian (“to plant”), from Latin plantāre, later influenced by Old French planter. Compare also Dutch planten (“to plant”), German pflanzen (“to plant”), Swedish plantera (“to plant”), Icelandic planta (“to plant”).
18. The factory and machinery senses comes from the Latin sense of "any vegetable production that serves to propagate the species," which refers to something that produces. See: Old English 'plantian', Latin 'plantō', Dutch 'planten', German, old spelling 'pflanzen', Swedish 'plantera', Icelandic 'planta'.

Verbs referencing "plant"

Norwegian, nynorsk planta, Tok Pisin planim, Cebuano planteran.

Sample Sentences

  • New Haven, known also as the City of Elms, is a fine town. Many of its streets (as its alias sufficiently imports ) are planted with rows of grand old elm-trees; and the same natural ornaments surround Yale College, an establishment of considerable eminence and reputation. The various departments of this Institution are [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • On board this steamboat, there were two young gentlemen, with shirt-collars reversed as usual, and armed with very big walking-sticks; who planted two seats in the middle of the deck, at a distance of some four paces apart; took out their tobacco-boxes; and sat down opposite each other, to chew. In less than a quarter of an hour 's time, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] who lie buried in a great mound yonder: so old, that mighty oaks and other forest trees have struck their roots into its earth; and so high, that it is a hill, even among the hills that Nature planted round it. The very river, as though it shared one 's feelings of compassion for the extinct tribes who lived so pleasantly here, in their blessed ignorance of white existence, hundreds of years [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The interval, after breakfast, we devoted to riding through the town, which is regular and cheerful: the streets being laid out at right angles, and planted with young trees. The buildings are smoky and blackened, from the use of bituminous coal, but an Englishman is well used to that appearance, and indisposed to quarrel with it. There did not appear [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • The first stone of a new college had been laid but a few days before, by the Governor General. It will be a handsome, spacious edifice, approached by a long avenue, which is already planted and made available as a public walk. The town is well adapted for wholesome exercise at all seasons, for the footways in the thoroughfares which lie beyond the principal street, are planked like [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “Stuff!—nonsense!” “ Well, ” said Augustine, “ there goes an old saying to this effect, ’ As it was in the days of Noah so shall it be; — they ate, they drank, they planted, they builded, and knew not till the flood came and took them. ’ ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] can do with this new enterprise, and the whole splendid continent of Africa opens before us and our children. _Our nation_ shall roll the tide of civilization and Christianity along its shores, and plant there mighty republics, that, growing with the rapidity of tropical vegetation, shall be for all coming ages. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)