Plane

English Meaning

Any tree of the genus Platanus.

1. Mathematics A surface containing all the straight lines that connect any two points on it.
2. A flat or level surface.
3. A level of development, existence, or achievement: scholarship on a high plane.
4. An airplane or hydroplane.
5. A supporting surface of an airplane; an airfoil or wing.
6. Mathematics Of or being a figure lying in a plane: a plane curve.
7. Flat; level. See Synonyms at level.
8. A carpenter's tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing and leveling wood.
9. A trowel-shaped tool for smoothing the surface of clay, sand, or plaster in a mold.
10. To smooth or finish with or as if with a plane.
11. To remove with a plane: plane off the rough edges on a board.
12. To work with a plane.
13. To act as a plane.
14. To rise partly out of the water, as a hydroplane does at high speeds.
15. To soar or glide.
16. To travel by airplane.
17. The plane tree.