Plane Definition–noun | 1. | a flat or level surface. | | 2. | Geometry. a surface generated by a straight line moving at a constant velocity with respect to a fixed point. | | 3. | Fine Arts. an area of a two-dimensional surface having determinate extension and spatial direction or position: oblique plane; horizontal plane. | | 4. | a level of dignity, character, existence, development, or the like: a high moral plane. | | 5. | Aeronautics. | a. | an airplane or a hydroplane: to take a plane to Dallas. | | b. | a thin, flat or curved, extended section of an airplane or a hydroplane, affording a supporting
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surface. | | | 6. | Architecture. a longitudinal section through the axis of a column. | –adjective | 7. | flat or level, as a surface. | | 8. | of or pertaining to planes or plane figures. | –verb (used without object) | 10. | (of a boat) to rise partly out of the water when moving at high speed. | | 11. | Informal. to fly or travel in an airplane: We'll drive to Detroit and plane to Los Angeles. | |
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Crash Definition–verb (used without object) | 1. | to make a loud, clattering noise, as of something dashed to pieces. | | 2. | to break or fall to pieces with noise. | | 3. | (of moving vehicles, objects, etc.) to collide, esp. violently and noisily. | | 4. | to move or go with a crash; strike with a crash. | | 5. | Aeronautics. to land in an abnormal manner, usually causing se
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vere damage: The airliner crashed. | | 6. | to collapse or fail suddenly, as a financial enterprise: The stock market crashed. | | 7. | Informal. to gain admittance to a party, performance, etc., without an invitation, ticket, or permission. | | 8. | Slang. | b. | to have a temporary place to sleep or live without payment: He let me crash at his house. | | c. | to fall asleep: I get home in the evening and I just crash till it's time for dinner. | | | 9. | Slang. to experience unpleasant sensations, as sudden exhaustion or depression, when a drug, esp. an amphetamine, wears off. | | 10. | Medicine/Medical Slang. to suffer cardiac arrest. | | 11. | Ecology. (of a population) to decline rapidly. | | 12. | Computers. to shut down because of a malfunction of hardware or software. | –verb (used with object) | 13. | to break into pieces violently and noisily; shatter. | | 14. | to force or drive with violence and noise (usually fol. by in, through, out, etc.). | | 15. | Aeronautics. to cause (an aircraft) to make a landing in an abnormal manner, usually damaging or wrecking the aircraft. | | 16. | Informal. | a. | to gain admittance to, even though uninvited: to crash a party. | | b. | to enter without a ticket, permission, etc.: to crash the gate at a football game. | | –noun | 17. | a sudden loud noise, as of something being violently smashed or struck: the crash of thunder. | | 18. | a breaking or falling to pieces with loud noise: the sudden crash of dishes. | | 19. | a collision or crashing, as of au
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ollision and breaking. | | 21. | a sudden and violent falling to ruin. | | 22. | a sudden general collapse of a business enterprise, prosperity, the stock market, etc.: the crash of 1929. | | 23. | Aeronautics. an act or instance of crashing. | | 24. | Ecology. a sudden, rapid decline in the size of a population. | –adjective | 25. | characterized by an intensive effort, esp. to deal with an emergency, meet a deadline, etc.: a crash plan to house flood victims; a crash diet. | |
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