Planed

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /pleɪnd/

Definitions

1. Smoothed or shaped wood or another material using a plane tool ; formed an intention or arrangement in the past
2. Made an even surface on a wooden or similar object with a planing instrument ; previously decided on a course of action or purpose
3. Processed a surface by removing irregularities with a handheld tool ; created a plan or set out steps to be undertaken in the past

Etymology: Before it meant a carpenter's smoothing tool, "plane" meant a flat surface, and "planed" inherits that flatness. The verb's root is the Latin "plānum," a flat surface, a noun formed from the neuter of "plānus," meaning "plain." English borrowed the idea of flatness from Latin, but the tool took a different route. Middle English "plane" came from Anglo-Norman "plaine," which in turn came from Late Latin "plāna," meaning "planing tool," so the tool was named for the smooth surface it produced. The tool's own name has a surprising detour. Through Old French "plane," the word traces back to Latin "platanus," the plane tree, which Greek "plátanos" named after "platús," meaning "wide" or "broad," in reference to the tree's broad leaves. The same Latin root gives "plain" its meaning. Because English used "plane" for both the tree and the tool, and "plain" and "plane" were related by root, the word later split: the geometric sense of a flat surface was reintroduced in the seventeenth century to avoid confusion with "plain."

Synonyms: smoothed, leveled, flattened, trimmed, shaped

Antonyms: roughened, uneven, jagged, irregular, bumpy