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planing

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for planing.

Editorial note

When planing a boat is no longer displacing water, it's skipping over the top.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

The act by which something is planed.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of planing gathered in one view.

noun

The act by which something is planed.

noun

(music) parallel harmony

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for planing.

noun

The act by which something is planed.

noun

(music) parallel harmony

Example sentences

1

When planing a boat is no longer displacing water, it's skipping over the top.

2

I'm not sure it's that awful - I mean how many companies are planing to use Facebook's patents and then sue them?

3

In this case the author is saying that because a bunch of Google employees are running around with the same phone that Google is planing to sell that phone.

4

Reason, finally have the motivation to loose weight and get fit, and am planing to do some climbing locally.

5

The hard part of long term planing is making it immediate enough to act now...

6

I've heard rumors, that Monsanto is behind the legalization of marijuana, planing to sell seeds, fertilizers and herbicides.

7

Usually works just fine and also cuts down on the planing significantly.

8

That's why there are so many hydro-planing wrecks out after heavy rain.

9

Like having multiple product owners, skipping meetings, inventing new meetings, product owners not attending sprint planing or developers not caring about the process at all.

10

Well, I wasn't planing on crying this morning, but today I can make an exception.

11

Casting isn't precise and won't get you a smooth surface, though; if you need a precision surface, you have to follow up with planing or turning.

12

You introduce the concept (planing) before you define it.

Quote examples

1

...then in the conclusion reiterate that the transition between the planing mode and the "normal" mode is the catastrophe (it's the road, not the destination, that matters).

2

When in the next sentence you do define "planing" you do so indirectly: does "planing" mean "a planing boat is skipping over the top of the water, instead of sitting amidst the water" or is "planing" some as-yet unspecified thing that has as a side effect the property that when a boat is planing it's skipping over the water?

3

Not enough time to try rewriting this for you but consider defining-and-motivating planing first -- "If we could get out of the water somehow we could go faster" (but more accurate and better-phrased) -- and then introducing the term "planing" second (We can, and call this "planing", but again better-phrased).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use planing in a sentence?

When planing a boat is no longer displacing water, it's skipping over the top.

What does planing mean?

The act by which something is planed.

What part of speech is planing?

planing is commonly used as noun.