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Definition of 'Bank'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) bank
a long pile or heap; mass:
a bank of earth; a bank of clouds.

2.  bank
a slope or acclivity.

3.  bank
the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally runs.

4.  bank
a broad elevation of the sea floor around which the water is relatively shallow but not a hazard to surface navigation.

5.  bank
the lateral inclination of an aircraft, esp. during a turn.

6.  bank
the cushion of a billiard table.

7. (v.t.) bank
to border with or like a bank; embank:
banking the flooded river with sandbags.

8.  bank
to form into a bank or heap:
to bank snow along a path.

9.  bank
to build (a road or track) with an upward slope from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve.

10.  bank
to tip or incline (an airplane) laterally.

11.  bank
(in billiards or pool)

12.  bank
to drive (a ball) to the cushion.

13.  bank
to pocket (the object ball) by driving it against the bank.

14.  bank
to cover (a fire) with ashes or fuel to make it burn long and slowly.

15. (v.i.) bank
to build up in or form banks, as clouds or snow.

16.  bank
(of an airplane) to tip or incline laterally.

17.  bank
(of a road or track) to slope upward from the inner edge to the outer edge at a curve.

18. (n.) bank
an institution for receiving, lending, and safeguarding money and transacting other financial business.

19.  bank
the stock of pieces drawn upon by players in the course of a game, as dominoes.

20.  bank
the person or office in a gambling house that holds and distributes cash.

21.  bank
a storage place:
blood bank; sperm bank.

22.  bank
a store or reserve.

23. (v.i.) bank
to keep money in or have an account with a bank.

24. (v.t.) bank
to deposit in a bank.

25.  bank
bank on, to count on; depend on.

26. (n.) bank
an arrangement of objects in a line or in tiers:
a bank of lights.

27.  bank
a bench for rowers in a galley.

28.  bank
the group of rowers occupying one bench or rowing one oar.

29.  bank
a number of similar devices connected to act together:
a bank of transformers.

30. (v.t.) bank
to arrange in a bank.

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"

5. (noun) bank
a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

6. (noun) bank
the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
"he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"

7. (noun) bank, cant, camber
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. (noun) savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank
a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
"the coin bank was empty"

9. (noun) bank, bank building
a building in which the business of banking transacted
"the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"

10. (verb) bank
a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
"the plane went into a steep bank"

11. (verb) bank
tip laterally
"the pilot had to bank the aircraft"

12. (verb) bank
enclose with a bank
"bank roads"

13. (verb) bank
do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
"Where do you bank in this town?"

14. (verb) bank
act as the banker in a game or in gambling

15. (verb) bank
be in the banking business

16. (verb) deposit, bank
put into a bank account
"She deposits her paycheck every month"

17. (verb) bank
cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
"bank a fire"

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

Definition of 'Bank'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) bank
a financial organization that lends and keeps money
He works for a bank.

2.  bank
the land at the side of a river
people walking along the river bank

3.  bank
a long mass or row of similar things
a snow bank; a bank of computer screens

4.  bank
a storage place
a blood/sperm bank

5. (verb) bank
to keep money at a particular bank
I've banked here for years.

Definition of 'Bank'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Bank
a bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court

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 joint stock 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

20. (verb) Bank
to heap or pile up; as, to bank sand

21. (verb) Bank
to pass by the banks of

22. (verb) Bank
to deposit in a bank

23. (verb) Bank
to keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker

24. (verb) Bank
to deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker

Translation of 'Bank'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a mound or ridge (of earth etc) The child climbed the bank to pick flowers.
Afrikaans: bank, wal	Arabic: كومه كَوْمَة تُراب	Bulgarian: насип
Brazilian: monte	Czech: násep	German: der Erdwall
Danish: skrænt; jordvold	Greek: πλαγιά, βουναλάκι	Spanish: terraplén, loma, banco
Estonian: nõlvak	Farsi: تپه	Finnish: törmä
French: talus	Hebrew: בָּנק	Hindi: बांध
Croatian: bedem	Hungarian: földhányás	Indonesian: gundukan
Icelandic: bakki; brekka	Italian: scarpata	Japanese: 土手
Korean: 비탈	Lithuanian: šlaitas	Latvian: valnis; uzbērums
Malay: tambak	Dutch: glooiing	Norwegian: skrent, lav jordvoll, grø
Polish: wał	Persian: تپه	Pashto: د خاورو ټوپى يا ډيرۍ، اړخ
Portuguese: monte	Romanian: movilă, troian	Russian: насыпь
Slovak: svah	Slovenian: nasip	Serbian: nasip
Swedish: vall, dikesren, sluttning	Thai: ที่ลาดชัน	Turkish: set
Taiwanese: 土墩	Ukrainian: насип; замет	Urdu: ٹیلا
Vietnamese: đống	Chinese: 土墩
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