Plane, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planed p. pr. & vb. n. Planing.]
1. To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank.
2. To efface or remove.
He planed away the names . . . written on his tables. --Chaucer.
3. Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. [R.]
What student came but that you planed her path. --Tennyson.