1.  plank(n = noun.substance) board - a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes;
is a kind of lumber, timber
has parts: knot, knothole
has particulars: matchboard, skid, strake, wale, chipboard, hardboard, deal
Derived forms verb plank₃, verb plank₁

2.  plank(n = noun.communication) - an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party;
is a kind of policy
is a part of platform, political platform, political program, program

1.  plank(v = verb.contact) plank over - cover with planks; "The streets were planked"
is one way to cover
Derived forms noun plank₁, noun planking₃, noun planking₂
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  plank(v = verb.contact) flump, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down - 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"
is one way to place down, put down, set down
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP

3.  plank(v = verb.consumption) - cook and serve on a plank; "Planked vegetable"; "Planked shad"
is one way to dish, dish out, dish up, serve, serve up
Derived form noun plank₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

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." [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. [1913 Webster]

1.  To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. 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. [1913 Webster]

3.  To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. [1913 Webster]

4.  To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. [1913 Webster]

plank, n. & v.
--n.
1 a long flat piece of timber used esp. in building, flooring, etc.
2 an item of a political or other programme (cf. PLATFORM).
--v.tr.
1 provide, cover, or floor, with planks.
2 (usu. foll. by down; also absol.) esp. US colloq. a put (a thing, person, etc.) down roughly or violently. b pay (money) on the spot or abruptly (planked down {pound}5).

Idiom:
plank bed a bed of boards without a mattress, esp. in prison. walk the plank hist. (of a pirate's captive etc.) be made to walk blindfold along a plank over the side of a ship to one's death in the sea.

Etymology:
ME f. ONF planke, OF planche f. LL planca board f. plancus flat-footed

N  allocution, alloquy, address, speech, apostrophe, interpellation, appeal, invocation, salutation, word in the ear, dialogism, platform, plank, audience.

N  plan, scheme, design, project, proposal, proposition, suggestion, resolution, motion, precaution, deep- laid plan, system, organization, germ, sketch, skeleton, outline, draught, draft, ebauche, brouillon, rough cast, rough draft, draught copy, copy, proof, revise, drawing, scheme, schematic, graphic, chart, flow chart (representation), forecast, program, programme, prospectus, carte du pays, card, bill, protocol, order of the day, list of agenda, bill of fare, base of operations, platform, plank, slate, ticket, role, policy, contrivance, invention, expedient, receipt, nostrum, artifice, device, pipelaying, stratagem, trick, alternative, loophole, shift, last shift, measure, step, stroke, stroke of policy, master stroke, trump card, court card, cheval de bataille, great gun, coup, coup d'etat, clever stroke, bold stroke, good move, good hit, good stroke, bright thought, bright idea, intrigue, cabal, plot, conspiracy, complot, machination, subplot, underplot, counterplot, schemer, schemist, schematist, strategist, machinator, projector, artist, promoter, designer, conspirator, intrigant, planned, strategic, strategical, planning, prepared, in course of preparation, under consideration, on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor.

N  method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.

N  refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness, acropolis, keep, last resort, ward, prison, asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute, almshouse, hiding place, sanctum sanctorum, roadstead, anchorage, breakwater, mole, port, haven, harbor, harbor of refuge, seaport, pier, jetty, embankment, quay, covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield, umbrella, barrier, dashboard, dasher, wall, fort, anchor, kedge, grapnel, grappling iron, sheet anchor, killick, mainstay, support, cheek, ballast, jury mast, vent-peg, safety valve, blow-off valve, safety lamp, lightning rod, lightning conductor, safety belt, airbag, seat belt, antilock brakes, antiskid tires, snow tires, means of escape, lifeboat, lifejacket, life buoy, swimming belt, cork jacket, parachute, plank, steppingstone, emergency landing, safeguard, any port in a storm, bibere venenum in auro, valet anchora virtus.

N  layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment, table, tablet, dess, flagstone, board, plank, trencher, platter, plate, lamina, lamella, sheet, foil, wafer, scale, flake, peel, coat, pellicle, membrane, film, leaf, slice, shive, cut, rasher, shaving, integument, eschar, stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion, monolayer, bilayer, trilayer, lamellar, lamellated, lamelliform, layered, laminated, laminiferous, micaceous, schistose, schistous, scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous, foliated, foliaceous, stratified, stratiform, tabular, discoid, spathic, spathose, trilamellar, graphitic.

garboard plank, plank down, plank over