bank

noun

  1. 1

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

    the plane went into a steep bank

  2. 2

    a building in which the business of banking transacted

    the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon

  3. 3

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

    the coin bank was empty

  4. 4

    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

  5. 5

    an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers

    he operated a bank of switches

  6. 6

    a long ridge or pile

    a huge bank of earth

  7. 7

    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

  8. 8

    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

  9. 9

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

    he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo

  10. 10

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

verb

  1. 1

    have confidence or faith in

    We can trust in God

    Rely on your friends

  2. 2

    cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning

    bank a fire

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