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Definition of Bank

1. Noun. Sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water). "He sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents"

2. Verb. Tip laterally. "The pilot had to bank the aircraft"

3. Noun. A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities. "That bank holds the mortgage on my home"

4. Verb. Enclose with a bank. "Bank roads"

5. Noun. A long ridge or pile. "A huge bank of earth"

6. Verb. Do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank. "Where do you bank in this town?"

7. Noun. An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers. "He operated a bank of switches"

8. Verb. Act as the banker in a game or in gambling.

9. Noun. A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies).

10. Verb. Be in the banking business.

11. Noun. The funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games. "He tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"

12. Verb. Put into a bank account. "They bank the money "; "She deposits her paycheck every month"

13. Noun. A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force.

14. Verb. Cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning. "Bank a fire"

15. Noun. A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home. "The coin bank was empty"

16. Verb. Have confidence or faith in. "Sam cannot bank Sue "; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"

17. Noun. A building in which the business of banking transacted. "The bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"

18. Noun. A flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning). "The plane went into a steep bank"

Definition of Bank

1. n. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.

2. v. t. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

3. n. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.

4. n. An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.

5. v. t. To deposit in a bank.

6. v. i. To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.

7. n. A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a bank of electric lamps, etc.

8. n. The lateral inclination of an aëroplane as it rounds a curve; as, a bank of 45° is easy; a bank of 90° is dangerous.

9. v. i. To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; -- said of a flying machine, an aërocurve, or the like.

Definition of Bank

1. to keep money in a bank (an institution dealing in money matters) [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BANKABLE [adj]

Medical Definition of Bank

1. 1. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow. "They cast up a bank against the city." (2 Sam. Xx. 15) 2. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine. 3. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow. "Tiber trembled underneath her banks." (Shak) 4. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland. 5. The face of the coal at which miners are working. A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank. Bank beaver, the otter. Bank swallow, a small American and European swallow (Clivicola riparia) that nests in a hole which it excavates in a bank. Origin: OE. Banke; akin to E. Bench, and prob. Of Scand. Origin.; cf. Icel. Bakki. See Bench. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bank

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banjoist banjoists banjos Banjul bank (current term) bank (current term) bank-depositor relation bankabilities bankability bankable

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