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'plane

'plane noun: dated spelling of plane (“airplane; aeroplane”).

Noun

'plane (plural 'planes)

  1. Dated spelling of plane (“airplane; aeroplane”).
    • The 'plane did two hundred and forty miles in two and a half hours - the trucks had taken nine days1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 22
    • "It was a 'plane crash."1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 279

Verb

'plane (third-person singular simple present 'planes, present participle 'planing, simple past and past participle 'planed)

  1. Dated spelling of plane (“airplane; aeroplane”).
    • They 'planed over isolated oases of green timber, in each of which were plainly seen the white ashes of native fires.1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 22

Forms of 'plane

Noun
plural'planes
Verb
third-person singular present'planes
present participle'planing
past participle'planed
past'planed

Questions about 'plane

What does 'plane mean?
'plane means dated spelling of plane (“airplane; aeroplane”).
What part of speech is 'plane?
'plane can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of 'plane?
The plural of 'plane is 'planes.

Words near 'plane in the dictionary

  1. 'phone number
  2. 'phone numbers
  3. 'phoned
  4. 'phones
  5. 'phoning
  6. 'plane
  7. 'planed
  8. 'planes
  9. 'planing
  10. 'pologies
  11. 'pon

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