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'bank' - used as a noun
1. 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
2. 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
3. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
4. a building in which the business of banking transacted
the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon
5. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
he operated a bank of switches
6. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
the coin bank was empty
7. a long ridge or pile
a huge bank of earth
8. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo
9. 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
10. a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
the plane went into a steep bank

'bank' - used as a verb
11. tip laterally
the pilot had to bank the aircraft
12. enclose with a bank
bank roads
13. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
Where do you bank in this town?
14. act as the banker in a game or in gambling
15. be in the banking business
16. put into a bank account
17. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
bank a fire
18. have confidence or faith in
bank on your good education

derived forms
1. Bank / Plural
banks
2. Bank / Past
banked
3. Bank / Third Person
banks
4. Bank / Present Participle
banking
Variations of 'bank'
 
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