To sketch or lay down the plan of; set forth in plan; outline.
To draw up a platform, or scheme of principles or policy.
To support or rest as on a platform.
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In physical geography, a shallow sea-bottom near a continent; a continental shelf: as, the Patagonian platform.
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In certain extinct genera of atrematous brachiopods (Trimerella, Monomerella, Lingulasma), a raised structure in the posterior portions of the valves, the surface of which served as places of attachment for muscles, while the cavities beneath stored the hepatic and reproductive glands.
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A ground-plan, drawing, or sketch; a plan; a map.
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A plot; a design; a scheme; a plan.
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Situation; position.
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A raised level place; a terrace.
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A raised frame or structure with a level surface.
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Nautical, the orlop
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In a glass-furnace, a bench on which the pots are placed.
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A projecting floor or landing at the end of a railroad-car or street-car, serving as a means of ingress and egress.
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Specifically A systematic scheme or body of principles, especially of religious or political principles, expressly adopted as a policy or basis of action; a syllabus, program, or scheme of principles or doctrines adopted as a basis of action, policy, or belief; specifically, in United States politics, a statement of political principles and of the course to be adopted with regard to certain important questions of policy, issued by the representatives of a political party assembled in convention to nominate candidates for an election: as, the Genevan platform; a political platform; the Democratic platform.
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Figuratively, the function of public speaking, as that of lecturers or political speakers: also, public speeches or public addresses collectively.