Planing [verb]

Definition of Planing:

make smooth

Synonyms of Planing:

● Even

● Appease

● Alleviate

● Level

● Suppress

● Assuage

● Relieve

● Quiet

● Plane

● Flatten

● Iron

● Flush

● Press

● Allay

● Still

● Steam

● Calm


Opposite/Antonyms of Planing:

● Rough

● Neglect

● Take

● Lift

● Agitate

● Upset

● Provoke

● Irritate

● Aggravate

● Break

● Worry

● Intensify


Sentence/Example of Planing:

A planing mill was added to the factory, and this, too, was highly profitable.

In planing the edge of a board it is ordinarily held in the side-vise.

I visited Mumaker's planing mills and found that the report was true.

The other machine, by Weston & Co., is for planing stone mouldings.

David Bruce invented the machine for planing the plates, in 1815.

This gave Harry his first experience in planing a broad surface.

His mouth was ajar, and down in his throat he snored screechily, like a planing mill.

A form to hold the pieces for planing is a great convenience.

I also assume that all your heavy sawing and planing will be done at some mill.

Notice the shape, Plate 8, of the three steps in the planing of the bow.