plane

«plane» in Mova's school dictionary: an aeroplane or airplane, a machine with wings that flies — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a plane, planes); adjective (plane — flat); verb (plane, planes, planed, planing — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) A plane is an aeroplane or airplane, a machine with wings that flies. tree →

2) In maths, a plane is a flat surface that goes on forever in all directions. tree →

3) A plane is a tool for making wood smooth and flat. tree →

4) A plane tree is a big tree often planted in city streets. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people travel by plane and go through airport security. In maths and geometry, plane shapes (2D shapes) are flat, like squares, triangles and circles. In science, planes fly because their wings give lift. In history, the Wright brothers flew the first powered plane. Phrases: by plane, get on a plane, catch a plane, plane shape, plane ticket.

examples

• We flew to Spain by plane. tree →
• The plane took off on time. tree →
• A square is a plane shape. tree →
• Look at all the planes at the airport. tree →
• Fasten your seat belt on the plane. tree →
• The carpenter used a plane to smooth the door. tree →
• A plane flew high above the clouds. tree →
• Plane trees line the streets of London. tree →
• "Ungrateful creatures!" said a voice from the Plane Tree. tree →

note

Do not confuse with «plain» (simple, or a flat area of land), which sounds the same. British: aeroplane; American: airplane; both shortened to plane. A plane shape is flat (2D); a solid shape is 3D.

In the corpora

• Plane crashes and terror attacks are on the news because they are very rare; millions of flights land safely every day.
• A plane flying over or a camera wobble can mean another take, so many takes do not mean bad acting.
• You watch the safety demonstration even if you have seen it before, because each plane can be different.
• Your seat belt stays fastened whenever you are seated on a plane, because sudden bumps called turbulence can happen.
• Ollie in Glasgow tore pages out of his maths exercise book to make paper planes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «plane» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.