Plane
[n] an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
[n] a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"
[n] a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
[n] (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"
[n] a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly plane"
[adj] having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"
[v] cut slices from; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
[v] make even or smooth, as with a carpenter's plane
[v] travel on the surface of water
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Synonyms
aeroplane, airplane, carpenter's plane, even, flat, level, planer, planing machine, shave, sheet, skim, woodworking plane
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