Definition of planting

• p. pr. & vb. n. - of Plant
• n. - The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.
• n. - That which is planted; a plantation.
• n. - The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.