replant
Americanverb (used with object)
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to plant again.
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to cover again with plants, sow with seeds, etc..
After the drought, we had to replant the south lawn.
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to transfer (a plant) from one soil or container to another.
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Surgery. to reattach, as a severed arm, finger, or toe, especially with the use of microsurgery to reconnect nerves and blood vessels.
verb
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to plant again
she replanted the bulbs that the dog had dug up
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to reattach (a severed limb or part) by surgery
Other Word Forms
- replantation noun
Etymology
Origin of replant
Example Sentences
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More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.
Beneath the stormy optics of that immigration crackdown, however, lies a less-noticed reversal: America’s own citizens are leaving in record numbers, replanting themselves and their families in lands they find more affordable and safe.
Efforts to replant acacias are underway, Tayeb of the Khartoum forestry administration said, but seedlings grow slowly and can take years to mature.
From Barron's
They "used to go to places and bring back plants from areas where those forests are no longer there", making those replanted at the Kyiv garden susceptible to "irrecoverable losses".
From Barron's
Dan Halden, a spokesperson for the city’s Bureau of Street Services, did not immediately respond Wednesday to questions about the total cost of the tree losses or the replanting process.
From Los Angeles Times
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