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The three- toed sloth ( Bradypus tridactylus) of South America. See Sloth.

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Part of Speech: Noun

Results: 5

            1.                                             A                                                         draught                                                         or                                                         form;                                                           properly,                                                           a                                                         representation                                                         drawn                                                         on                                                           a                                                         plane,                                                         as                                                           a                                                         map                                                         or                                                           a                                                         chart;                                                         especially,                                                           a                                                         top                                                         view,                                                         as                                                         of                                                           a                                                         machine,                                                         or                                                         the                                                         representation                                                         or                                                         delineation                                                         of                                                           a                                                         horizontal                                                         section                                                         of                                                         anything,                                                         as                                                         of                                                           a                                                         building;                                                           a                                                         graphic                                                         representation;                                                           a                                                         diagram.                                    

            2.                                             A                                                         scheme                                                         devised;                                                           a                                                         method                                                         of                                                         action                                                         or                                                           procedure                                                         expressed                                                         or                                                         described                                                         in                                                         language;                                                           a                                                           project;                                                         as,                                                         the                                                           plan                                                         of                                                           a                                                           constitution;                                                         the                                                           plan                                                         of                                                         an                                                         expedition.                                    

            3.                                             A                                                         method;                                                           a                                                         way                                                         of                                                           procedure;                                                           a                                                           custom.                                    
Part of Speech: verb transitive

            1.                                           To                                                         form                                                           a                                                         delineation                                                         of;                                                         to                                                         draught;                                                         to                                                         represent,                                                         as                                                         by                                                           a                                                         diagram.                                    

            2.                                           To                                                         scheme;                                                         to                                                         devise;                                                         to                                                           contrive;                                                         to                                                         form                                                         in                                                         design;                                                         as,                                                         to                                                           plan                                                         the                                                           conquest                                                         of                                                           a                                                           country.                                    

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To do that, you must first have the plan. - "Stray Thoughts for Girls", Lucy H. M. Soulsby.
I suppose she thinks our plan is the best. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
There is no new plan. - "By Wit of Woman", Arthur W. Marchmont.

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