plane

aereo

Mezzo con le ali che trasporta persone o merci nell’aria.

In inglese semplice: A vehicle with wings that carries people or goods through the air.

• We went there by plane.
• Our plane landed an hour late.
• Have you ever flown in a small plane?

Sinonimi: airplane, aircraft, aeroplane

Espressioni comuni: by plane, catch a plane, board a plane, on a plane

piano

Superficie completamente piatta, immaginata senza limiti in ogni direzione, oppure una sua parte.

In inglese semplice: A completely flat surface, imagined as continuing forever in every direction, or part of that surface.

• The points lie in one plane.
• These two planes are parallel.
• Draw a line across the horizontal plane.

Espressioni comuni: horizontal plane, vertical plane, in a plane, a flat plane

piano

Livello della vita, del pensiero o dell’esperienza spirituale.

In inglese semplice: A level of life, thought, or spiritual experience.

• She imagined life on another plane.
• Their conversation moved to a higher intellectual plane.
• The novel explores several planes of existence.

Sinonimi: level

Espressioni comuni: astral plane, a higher plane, spiritual plane

pialla

Attrezzo manuale che rende liscio il legno togliendo strati molto sottili.

In inglese semplice: A hand tool that makes wood smooth by cutting off very thin layers.

• He smoothed the board with a plane.
• The carpenter sharpened her plane.
• Thin shavings fell from the plane onto the floor.

Espressioni comuni: a hand plane, use a plane, a sharp plane

piallare

Togliere sottili strati di legno con un attrezzo manuale per renderlo liscio o più sottile.

In inglese semplice: To make wood smooth or thinner by cutting off thin layers with a hand tool.

• Plane the edge of the door.
• He planed the boards before painting them.
• The carpenter is planing the wooden surface flat.

Come si usa: plane something smooth/flat (She planed the rough board smooth.)

Sinonimi: shave

Espressioni comuni: plane a board, plane the edge, plane something smooth

planare

Muoversi nell’aria senza battere le ali né usare un motore.

In inglese semplice: To move smoothly through the air without beating wings or using power.

• The bird planed toward the valley.
• An eagle was planing above the cliffs.
• The glider planed smoothly through the cool air.

Sinonimi: glide, soar

Espressioni comuni: plane through something, plane over something, plane downward