planing

Pluralplanings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of plane. Use this -ing form for an action happening now, or as a noun naming the action.

   The carpenter is planing the tabletop until it is perfectly flat.

   The speedboat was planing across the calm lake at full throttle.

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of making a surface flat and smooth with a special tool.

   Like peeling thin slices off a surface to make it smooth.

   The planing of the rough planks left a pile of curled shavings.

   After a careful planing, the board felt smooth under her hand.

   Similarsmoothing, shaving

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   A way of moving chords up or down together, keeping the same shape.

   Like moving a whole stamp across a page instead of drawing each line again.

   You can hear planing in the song when the same chord slides up the piano one step at a time.

   The arranger added planing to give the passage a shimmering, modern color.

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