Etymology: (1200–50; ME bank(e) < OF banc bench < Gmc; see bank1)
Definition of 'BanK'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)bank 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. (noun)depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company 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. (noun)bank a long ridge or pile "a huge bank of earth"
4. (noun)bank an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers "he operated a bank of switches"
18. (verb)trust, swear, rely, bank haveconfidence or faith in "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"
2. (noun)BanK 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. (noun)BanK a steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine
4. (noun)BanK 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. (noun)BanK an elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland
6. (noun)BanK the face of the coal at which miners are working
7. (noun)BanK a deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level
8. (noun)BanK the ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank
9. (noun)BanK a bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars
10. (noun)BanK the bench or seat upon which the judges sit
11. (noun)BanK 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
12. (noun)BanK a sort of table used by printers
13. (noun)BanK a bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ
14. (noun)BanK 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
15. (noun)BanK the building or office used for banking purposes
16. (noun)BanK a fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a jointstock or capital
17. (noun)BanK 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
18. (noun)BanK in certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw
19. (verb)BanK to raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank