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" ;

2. (

• 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" ;

3. (

• plane

) a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly plane" ;

4. (

• plane ,
• planer ,
• planing_machine

) a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood ;

5. (

• 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" ;

1. (

• plane ,
• shave ,

) cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" ;

2. (

• plane ,
• skim

) travel on the surface of water ;

3. (

• plane ,

) make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; "plane the top of the door" ;

1. (

• flat ,
• level ,
• plane

) having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" ;