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 risingground 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
11. (noun)Bank the regularterm of a court of law, or the fullcourtsitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc
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
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