plank

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1. plank - Noun

2. plank - Verb

3. Plank - Proper noun

Meaning

A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.

Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.

One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.

To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.

To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.

To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.

To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.

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Heisenberg, Max Plank and Einstein, they all agreed that science could not solve the mystery of the universe. Harry Dean Stanton

The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in their platform if they thought it would carry the election. Billy Sunday

Long have you timidly waded Holding a plank by the shore, Now I will you to be a bold swimmer, To jump off in the midst of the sea, Rise again, nod to me, shout, And laughingly dash with your hair. Walt Whitman

Where there is no bridge the smallest plank is of great value. Hungarian Proverb

A plank in a wreck. Latin Proverb

He is separated from the water by a plank. Latin Proverb

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