Plank

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
2. isim 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.”

3. isim Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
4. isim A stupid person, idiot.
5. isim That which supports or upholds.

   “His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.”

6. fiil To cover something with planking.

   “to plank a floor or a ship”

7. fiil 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.”

8. fiil To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.

   “to plank money in a wager”

9. fiil To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
10. fiil To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
11. fiil To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.

    “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.”

12. özel isim A surname.