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Plank
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- 1 A surname.
- 1 A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
- 2 an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party wordnet
- 3 A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue. figuratively
"Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries."
- 4 a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes wordnet
- 5 Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
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- 6 A stupid person, idiot. British, slang
- 7 That which supports or upholds.
"His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot."
- 1 To cover something with planking. transitive
"to plank a floor or a ship"
- 2 cook and serve on a plank wordnet
- 3 To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber. transitive
"Along the lower river, planked shad dinners (baked and broiled) were highly popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."
- 4 cover with planks wordnet
- 5 To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash. colloquial, transitive
"to plank money in a wager"
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- 6 set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise wordnet
- 7 To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. transitive
- 8 To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
- 9 To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place. intransitive
"The woman, known as Claudia, fell from a 2m wall after earlier demonstrating the wrong way to plank on a small stool while holding a bottle of wine. A friend said some guests had not heard of planking and Claudia was demonstrating how ridiculous it was."
Etymology
From Middle English plank, planke, borrowed from Old French planke, Old Northern French planque (compare French planche, from Old French planche), from Vulgar Latin planca, from palanca, from Latin phalanga. The Latin term derives from the Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx), so it is thus a doublet of phalange and phalanx. Compare also the doublets planch and planche, and plancha, borrowed later from Middle French, Modern French, and Spanish, respectively.
From Middle English plank, planke, borrowed from Old French planke, Old Northern French planque (compare French planche, from Old French planche), from Vulgar Latin planca, from palanca, from Latin phalanga. The Latin term derives from the Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx), so it is thus a doublet of phalange and phalanx. Compare also the doublets planch and planche, and plancha, borrowed later from Middle French, Modern French, and Spanish, respectively.
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