Found 3 items, similar to Plank.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: plank papan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: plank plank n 1: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes [syn: board] 2: an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party plank v 1: cover with planks; “The streets were planked” [syn: plank over ] 2: set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; “He planked the money on the table”; “He planked himself into the sofa” [syn: flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down , plunk down, plump] 3: cook and serve on a plank; “Planked vegetable”; “Planked shad”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Plank Plank \Plank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planked; p. pr. & vb. n. Planking.] 1. To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. “Planked with pine.” --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster] 3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. [1913 Webster] 4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. [1913 Webster] Planked shad, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire. [1913 Webster] Plank \Plank\, n. [OE. planke, OF. planque, planche, F. planche, fr. L. planca; cf. Gr. ?, ?, anything flat and broad. Cf. Planch.] 1. A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer. [1913 Webster] His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot. --Southey. [1913 Webster] 3. One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform. [Cant] [1913 Webster] Plank road, or Plank way, a road surface formed of planks. [U.S.] To walk the plank, to walk along a plank laid across the bulwark of a ship, until one overbalances it and falls into the sea; -- a method of disposing of captives practiced by pirates. [1913 Webster]