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plane
A	noun
	1	airplane, aeroplane, plane
			an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚conveyance; transport ╚vehicle ╚craft ╚aircraft ╚heavier-than-air craft ╚airplane, aeroplane, plane ╚hangar queen ╚fighter; fighter aircraft; attack aircraft ╚bomber ╚biplane ╚amphibian; amphibious aircraft ╚airliner
	2	plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane
			a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚implement ╚tool ╚cutting implement ╚cutter; cutlery; cutting tool ╚edge tool ╚plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane ╚jointer; jointer plane; jointing plane; long plane ╚jack plane ╚fore plane ╚dovetail plane ╚combination plane ╚circular plane; compass plane ╚chamfer plane ╚bullnose; bullnosed plane ╚block plane ╚beading plane
	3	plane, planer, planing machine
			a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚device ╚machine ╚power tool ╚plane, planer, planing machine
	4	plane, sheet
			(mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚plane, sheet ╚tangent plane ╚picture plane ╚orbital plane ╚midplane; midline ╚facet plane ╚cartesian plane
	5	plane
			a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly plane"
		Category Tree: state ╚degree; level; stage; point ╚plane
B	verb
	1	plane, shave
			cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚separate; disunite; divide; part ╚cut ╚plane, shave
	2	plane
			make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; "plane the top of the door"
		Category Tree: change ╚change surface ╚smooth; smoothen ╚plane
	3	plane, skim
			travel on the surface of water
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚glide ╚plane, skim ╚aquaplane ╚aquaplane
C	adjective
	1	flat, level, plane
			having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"

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