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Date: 1300-1400
Language: French
Origin: planer, from Late Latin planare, from Latin planus; PLAIN1

plane

2 verb
     
plane2 [transitive]
TI if you plane a piece of wood, you make it smoother or smaller, using a plane:
He planed the edge of the door.
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