Platform

·vt To place on a platform.

II. Platform ·noun A place laid out after a model.

III. Platform ·vt To form a plan of; to Model; to lay out.

IV. Platform ·noun A plat; a plan; a sketch; a model; a pattern. Used also figuratively.

V. Platform ·noun A light deck, usually placed in a section of the hold or over the floor of the magazine. ·see Orlop.

VI. Platform ·noun A declaration of the principles upon which a person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform; a political platform.

VII. Platform ·noun Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a floor; a landing; a dais; a stage, for speakers, performers, or workmen; a standing place.