Korean

Verb

심다 • ‎(simda) ‎(infinitive 심어, sequential 심으니)

1. To plant, sow (seed or plants)

   정원에 사과나무를 심다‎ ― jeong-wone sagwanamureul simda ― to plant an apple tree in a garden

2. To plant, implant, instill, inculcate (a thought or a sentiment)

   나는 학생들에게 올바른 사상을 심어 주려고 했다.‎

   Naneun haksaengdeurege olbareun sasang-eul simeo juryeogo haetda.

   I tried to inculcate a right thought in [my] student.

3. To plant (a person) secretly as a spy

Conjugation

Usage notes

If in which objects or ideas are planted is people, this word usually is used with 주다 (juda, “to give”). And if where objects are planted is a place, it usally used with 놓다 (nota, “to set”).

Alternative forms

• 심으다 (simeuda)
• 심구다 (simguda)

Synonyms

• 뿌리다 (ppurida, “to seed, to disperse”)

Antonyms

• 거두다 (geoduda, “to harvest”)

See also

• 푸나무 (punamu, “plant”)
• 씨 (ssi, “seed”)
• 씨앗 (ssiat, “seed”)

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