plank vs remove

plank

verb
  • To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. 

  • To cover something with planking. 

  • To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place. 

  • To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash. 

  • To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber. 

  • To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. 

noun
  • Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time. 

  • A stupid person, idiot. 

  • A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick. 

  • That which supports or upholds. 

  • A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue. 

remove

verb
  • To murder. 

  • To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.). 

  • To dismiss or discharge from office. 

  • To move something or someone from one place to another, especially to take away. 

  • To dismiss a batsman. 

  • To delete. 

noun
  • Distance in time or space; interval. 

  • A step or gradation (as in the phrase "at one remove") 

  • (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to last 

  • Emotional distance or indifference. 

  • The act of resetting a horse's shoe. 

  • The act of removing something. 

  • A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course. 

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