Princeton's WordNet

1. bank(noun)

   sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

   "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents"

2. depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company(noun)

   a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities

   "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home"

3. bank(noun)

   a long ridge or pile

   "a huge bank of earth"

4. bank(noun)

   an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers

   "he operated a bank of switches"

5. bank(noun)

   a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

6. bank(noun)

   the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games

   "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"

7. bank, cant, camber(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

8. savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank(noun)

   a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home

   "the coin bank was empty"

9. bank, bank building(noun)

   a building in which the business of banking transacted

   "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"

10. bank(verb)

    a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)

    "the plane went into a steep bank"

11. bank(verb)

    tip laterally

    "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"

12. bank(verb)

    enclose with a bank

    "bank roads"

13. bank(verb)

    do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank

    "Where do you bank in this town?"

14. bank(verb)

    act as the banker in a game or in gambling

15. bank(verb)

    be in the banking business

16. deposit, bank(verb)

    put into a bank account

    "She deposits her paycheck every month"

17. bank(verb)

    cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning

    "bank a fire"

18. trust, swear, rely, bank(verb)

    have confidence or faith in

    "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. bank(noun)ˈæŋk

   a financial organization that lends and keeps money

   He works for a bank.

2. bankˈæŋk

   the land at the side of a river

   people walking along the river bank

3. bankˈæŋk

   a long mass or row of similar things

   a snow bank; a bank of computer screens

4. bankˈæŋk

   a storage place

   a blood/sperm bank

5. bank(verb)ˈæŋk

   to keep money at a particular bank

   I've banked here for years.

Webster Dictionary

1. Bank(noun)

   a bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court

2. Bank(noun)

   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

3. Bank(noun)

   a steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine

4. Bank(noun)

   the margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow

5. Bank(noun)

   an elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland

6. Bank(noun)

   the face of the coal at which miners are working

7. Bank(noun)

   a deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level

8. Bank(noun)

   the ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank

9. Bank(verb)

   to raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank

10. Bank(verb)

    to heap or pile up; as, to bank sand

11. Bank(verb)

    to pass by the banks of

12. Bank(noun)

    a bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars

13. Bank(noun)

    the bench or seat upon which the judges sit

14. Bank(noun)

    the regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc

15. Bank(noun)

    a sort of table used by printers

16. Bank(noun)

    a bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ

17. Bank(noun)

    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

18. Bank(noun)

    the building or office used for banking purposes

19. Bank(noun)

    a fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital

20. Bank(noun)

    the sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses

21. Bank(noun)

    in certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw

22. Bank(verb)

    to deposit in a bank

23. Bank(verb)

    to keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker

24. Bank(verb)

    to deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker

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