platform vs stump

platform

noun
  • A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion. 

  • Something that allows an enterprise to advance. 

  • A raised structure from which passengers can enter or leave a train, metro etc. 

  • A raised floor for any purpose, e.g. for workmen during construction, or formerly for military cannon. 

  • A flat expanse of rock, often the result of wave erosion. 

  • A political stance on a broad set of issues, which are called planks. 

  • A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made. 

  • sidewalk 

  • A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. 

verb
  • To include in a political platform 

  • To place on, or as if on, a platform. 

  • To place a train alongside a station platform. 

  • To furnish with or shape into a platform 

  • To publish or make visible; to provide a platform for (a topic etc.). 

  • To open (a film) in a small number of theaters before a broader release in order to generate enthusiasm. 

stump

noun
  • A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration. 

  • One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball. 

  • The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb. 

  • A leg. 

  • An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media. 

  • A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house. 

  • The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting. 

  • A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key. 

  • A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece. 

verb
  • To stop, confuse, or puzzle. 

  • To get a batsman out stumped. 

  • To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket). 

  • To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge. 

  • To reduce to a stump; to truncate or cut off a part of. 

  • To strike unexpectedly; to stub, as the toe against something fixed. 

  • To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes. 

  • To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem. 

  • To campaign. 

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