Platform Definition–noun | 1. | a horizontal surface or structure with a horizontal surface raised above the level of the surrounding area. | | 2. | a raised flooring or other horizontal surface, such as, in a hall or meeting place, a stage for use by public speakers, performers, etc. | | 3. | the raised area between or alongside the tracks of a railroad station, from which the cars of the train are entered. | | 4. | the open entrance area, or the vestibule, at the end of a railroad passenger car. | | 5. | a landing in a flight of stairs. | | 6. | a public statement of the principles, objectives, and policy of a political party, esp. as put forth by the representatives of the party in a convention to nominate candidates for an election: The platform contained the usual platitudes. | | 7. | a body of principles on which a person or group takes a stand in appealing to the public; program: The Fabians developed an all-embracing platform promising utopia. | | 8. | a set of principles; plan. | | 9. | a place for public discussion; forum. | | 10. | a decklike construction on which the drill rig of an offshore oil or gas well is erected. | | 11. | Building Trades. a relatively flat member or construction for distributing weight, as a wall plate, grillage, etc. | | 12. | Military. | a. | solid ground on which artillery pieces are mounted. | | b. | a metal stand or base attached to certain types of artillery pieces. | | | 13. | Nautical. flat 1 (def. 42a). | | 14. | a flat, elevated piece of ground. | | 15. | Geology. a vast area of undisturbed sedimentary rocks that, together with a shield, constitutes a craton. | | 16. | a thick insert of leather, cork, or other sturdy material between the uppers and the sole of a shoe, usually intended for stylish effect or to give added height. | | 17. | platforms, platform shoes. | | 19. | a scheme of religious principles or doctrines. | |
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Shoe Definition–noun
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| 1. | an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle. | | 2. | an object or part resembling a shoe in form, position, or use. | | 3. | a horseshoe or a similar plate for the hoof of some other animal. | | 4. | a ferrule or the like, as of iron, for protecting the end of a staff, pole, etc. | | 6. | the outer casing of a pneumatic automobile tire. | | 7. | a drag or skid for a wheel of a vehicle. | | 8. | a part having a larger area than the end of an object on which it fits, serving to disperse or apply its weight or thrust. | | 9. | the sliding contact by which an electric car or locomotive takes its current from the third rail. | | 10. | Civil Engineering. | a. | a member supporting one end of a truss or girder in a bridge. | | b. | a hard and sharp foot of a pile or caisson for piercing underlying soil. | | | 11. | a small molding, as a quarter round, closing the angle between a baseboard and a floor. | | 12. | the outwardly curved portion at the base of a downspout. | | 13. | a piece of iron or stone, sunk into the ground, against which the leaves of a gateway are shut. | | 14. | a device on a camera that permits an accessory, as a flashgun, to be attached. | | 15. | a band of iron on the bottom of the runner of a sleigh. | | 17. | Furniture. | a. | a cuplike metal piece for protecting the bottom of a leg. | | b. | a fillet beneath an ornamental foot, as a pad or scroll foot. | | | 18. | Printing. a box into which unusable type is thrown. | | 19. | a chute conveying grain to be ground into flour. | | 21. | Nautical. a thickness of planking covering the bottom of the keel of a wooden vessel to protect it against rubbing. | –verb (used with object) | 22. | to provide or
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fit with a shoe or shoes. | | 23. | to protect or arm at the point, edge, or face with a ferrule, metal plate, or the like. | —Idioms | 24. | drop the other shoe, to complete an action or enterprise already begun. | | 25. | fill someone's shoes, to take the place and assume the obligations of another person: She felt that no stepmother could ever hope to fill her late mother's shoes. | | 26. | in someone's shoes, in a position or situation similar to that of another: I wouldn't like to be in his shoes. | | 27. | the shoe is on the other foot, the circumstances are reversed; a change of places has occurred: Now that we are rich and they are poor the shoe is on the other foot. | | 28. | where the shoe pinches, the true cause of the trouble or worry. |
Origin: bef. 900; (n.) ME scho( o), OE sceō( h), c. G Schuh, ON skōr, Goth skōhs; (v.) ME schon, OE scōg( e) an, c. MLG schoi( g) en, ON skūa |
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