plant-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: place firmly (for growing)

Commentary:
NOTE: includes abstract and concrete placing.

Examples:
I planted 3 kinds of peppers this year.
The professor planted a thought in her mind.

Mappings:
VerbNet: put-9.1-1,spray-9.7-2
FrameNet: Placing,Filling
PropBank: plant.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 6

Sense Number 2: place firmly

Examples:
He planted a knee in the back of his opponent.
Plant a kiss right here.
They planted their flag at the top of the hill.

Mappings:
VerbNet: spray-9.7-2
FrameNet: Placing,Filling
PropBank: plant.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: place secretly, often for later discovery

Examples:
Kurdish rebels say they planted the Turkish resort bomb.
Then the Mossad planted the misinformation with Arab intelligence agencies.

Mappings:
VerbNet: put-9.1-1
FrameNet: Placing
PropBank: plant.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 4: establish, settle

Examples:
The Spanish came shortly after the Dutch; they planted themselves in the north around Tamsui and Keelung.
Every fall, they plant fish in the lake.

Mappings:
VerbNet: establish-55.5-1,put-9.1-1
FrameNet: Placing
PropBank: plant.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4