platform

1. platform (noun) — sense 1

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

Example: Always, whether in the pulpit or on the platform, as in private conversation, there is an absolute simplicity about the man and his words; a simplicity, an earnestness, a complete honesty.

2. platform (noun) — sense 2

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

3. platform (noun) — sense 3

Definition: A place or an opportunity to express one's opinion.

Example: This new talk show will give a platform to everyday men and women.

4. platform (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To furnish with or shape into a platform

Example: […] upon a smiling knoll platformed by Nature […]

5. platform (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To place on, or as if on, a platform.

Example: And this dog was satisfied / If a pale thin hand would glide / Down his dewlaps sloping / Which he pushed his nose within, / After—platforming his chin / On the palm left open.

6. platform (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To place a train alongside a station platform.

Example: There he was welcomed onboard Vivarail's new three-car battery-powered train and Porterbrook's HydroFLEX hydrogen-powered train, which had been platformed side-by-side to showcase the potential of these low-carbon alternative technologies.