Planting meaning : To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow. To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit. To place or set something firmly or with conviction. To place in the ground. To furnish or supply with plants. To engender; to generate; to set the germ of. To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish. To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of. To set up; to install; to instate. A plant (or clipping) that has been freshly planted. The act of setting a plant in the ground for growth. A plantation.