plank
nounEtymology
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, planche, and plancha, borrowed later from Middle French, Modern French, and Spanish, respectively.
Definitions
A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the…
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.
- Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- When Mr. Dole had been asked at the Republican convention about the same immigration amendment—one of the more conservative and sensitive planks—he did not oppose it, but said he would have to think long and hard before supporting it.
- In the 1970s, a group of ideologically inspired economists captured the ears and minds of politicians. The central plank of their ‘neo-liberal’ model was that growth and development depended on market competitiveness; […]
Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
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A stupid person, idiot.
That which supports or upholds.
- His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.
To cover something with planking.
- to plank a floor or a ship
- Plank'd with pine.
To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
- Along the lower river, planked shad dinners (baked and broiled) were highly popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
To lay down, as on a plank or table
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
- to plank money in a wager
- Joe planked the money down in the officer of a newspaper editor and awaited results. There weren't any.
To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
- Perth man Simon Carville became an internet sensation after he was photographed planking naked in the arms of famous Perth statue the Eliza.
A surname.
The neighborhood
- neighborplanche
Derived
Copenhagen plank, gangplank, gang plank, gang-plank, hub plank, plankage, plank bed, plankboard, plank down, planker, plank house, plankless, planklike, plank road, plank root, plank-sheer, plank spanker, plank up, plankway, plankwise, planky, replank, side plank, spike plank, stage plank, stop plank, thick as a plank, toe the plank, two-forty on a plank road, unplank, walk the plank
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at plank. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at plank. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at plank
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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