bank 1 (b ngk)n. 1. A piled-up mass, as of snow or clouds. See Synonyms at heap. 2. A steep natural incline. 3. An artificial embankment. 4. The slope of land adjoining a body of water, especially adjoining a river, lake, or channel. Often used in the plural. 5. A large elevated area of a sea floor. Often used in the plural. 6. Games The cushion of a billiard or pool table. 7. The lateral inward tilting, as of a motor vehicle or an aircraft, in turning or negotiating a curve. v. banked, bank·ing, banks v.tr. 1. To border or protect with a ridge or embankment. 2. To pile up; amass: banked earth along the wall. 3. To cover (a fire), as with ashes or fresh fuel, to ensure continued low burning. 4. To construct with a slope rising to the outside edge: The turns on the racetrack were steeply banked. 5. a. To tilt (an aircraft) laterally and inwardly in flight. b. To tilt (a motor vehicle) laterally and inwardly when negotiating a curve. 6. Games To strike (a billiard ball) so that it rebounds from the cushion of the table. 7. Sports To play (a ball or puck) in such a way as to make it glance off a surface, such as a backboard or wall. v.intr. 1. To rise in or take the form of a bank. 2. To tilt an aircraft or a motor vehicle laterally when turning. [Middle English, of Scandinavian origin.] |
| bank 2 (bngk) n. 1. a. A business establishment in which money is kept for saving or commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged. b. The offices or building in which such an establishment is located. 2. Games a. The funds of a gambling establishment. b. The funds held by a dealer or banker in some gambling games. c. The reserve pieces, cards, chips, or play money in some games, such as poker, from which the players may draw. 3. a. A supply or stock for future or emergency use: a grain bank. b. Medicine A supply of human tissues or other materials, such as blood, skin, or sperm, held in reserve for future use. 4. A place of safekeeping or storage: a computer's memory bank. 5. Obsolete A moneychanger's table or place of business. v. banked, bank·ing, banks v.tr. To deposit in or as if in a bank. v.intr. Phrasal Verb: 1. To transact business with a bank or maintain a bank account. 2. To operate a bank. bank on To have confidence in; rely on. [Middle English banke, from French banque, from Old Italian banca, bench, moneychanger's table, from Old High German banc.] |
| bank 3 (bngk) n. 1. A set of similar or matched things arranged in a row, especially: a. A set of elevators. b. A row of keys on a keyboard. 2. Nautical a. A bench for rowers in a galley. b. A row of oars in a galley. 3. Printing The lines of type under a headline. tr.v. banked, bank·ing, banks To arrange or set up in a row: "Every street was banked with purple-blooming trees" (Doris Lessing). [Middle English, bench, from Old French banc, from Late Latin bancus, of Germanic origin.] |
bank 1
Noun
1. an institution offering services, such as the safekeeping and lending of money at interest
2. the building used by such an institution
3. the funds held by a banker or dealer in some gambling games
4. any supply, store, or reserve: a data bank
Verb
1. to deposit (cash or a cheque) in a bank
2. to transact business with a bank
See also bank on [probably from Italian banca bench, moneychanger's table]
bank 2
Noun
1. a long raised mass, esp. of earth
2. a slope, as of a hill
3. the sloping side and ground on either side of a river
Verb
1. to form into a bank or mound
2. to cover (a fire) with ashes and fuel so that it will burn slowly
3. (of an aircraft) to tip to one side in turning [Scandinavian]
bank 3
Noun
an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
Verb
to arrange in a bank [Old French banc bench]
Bank a mound, pile, or ridge; a group or series of objects; an amount or stock of money; a batch of paper money. See also balk, bar, heap, mass.
Examples: bank of ants; of books, 1577; of clouds, 1626; of electric lights; of fog, 1848; of hill ants, 1747; of judges [a full court in which the judges are “in bank”]; of mist, 1840; of money, 1878; of mussels, 1861; of oars, 1884; of organ keys, 1884; of oysters, 1861; of rememberances, 1576; of sand; of snow; of swans [on the ground].
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | 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" incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain" waterside - land bordering a body of water |
| 2. |  bank - 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"financial institution, financial organisation, financial organization - an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets banking industry, banking system - banks collectively credit union - a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings Federal Reserve Bank, reserve bank - one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region agent bank - a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank commercial bank, full service bank - a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public state bank - a bank chartered by a state rather than by the federal government agent bank, lead bank - a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests member bank - a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System merchant bank, acquirer - a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee acquirer - a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock thrift institution - a depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying Home Loan Bank - one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region | |
| 3. | bank - a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth" bluff - a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion) ridge - a long narrow natural elevation or striation sandbank - a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide | |
| 4. | bank - an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches" array - an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle order" | |
| 5. | bank - a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) blood bank - a place for storing whole blood or blood plasma; "the Red Cross created a blood bank for emergencies" eye bank - a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects food bank - a place where food is contributed and made available to those in need; "they set up a food bank for the flood victims" soil bank - land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops; government subsidies are paid to farmers for their retired land | |
| 6. | 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. | bank - 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. |  bank - a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty"container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) penny bank, piggy bank - a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig) | |
| 9. |  bank - a building in which the business of banking transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"depositary, depository, repository, deposit - a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping bank vault, vault - a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables | |
| 10. | bank - a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank" vertical bank - a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical airplane maneuver, flight maneuver - a maneuver executed by an aircraft | |
| Verb | 1. | bank - tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft" tip - cause to tilt; "tip the screen upward" |
| 2. | bank - enclose with a bank; "bank roads" | |
| 3. | bank - do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where do you bank in this town?" transact - conduct business; "transact with foreign governments" | |
| 4. | bank - act as the banker in a game or in gambling act - discharge one's duties; "She acts as the chair"; "In what capacity are you acting?" bank - be in the banking business | |
| 5. | bank - be in the banking business bank - act as the banker in a game or in gambling | |
| 6. | bank - put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month" give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" redeposit - deposit once again; "redeposit a cheque" | |
| 7. | bank - cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" | |
| 8. |  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"believe - accept as true; take to be true; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" credit - have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of lean - rely on for support; "We can lean on this man" |
bank 1
noun 2. store, fund, stock, source, supply, reserve, pool, reservoir, accumulation, stockpile, hoard, storehouse
bank on something rely on, trust (in), depend on, look to, believe in, count on, be sure of, lean on, be confident of, have confidence in, swear by, reckon on, repose trust in
bank 2
noun 2. mound, banking, rise, hill, mass, pile, heap, ridge, dune, embankment, knoll, hillock, kopje or koppie S. African
bank 3
Translations
bank [bæŋk] n (COMM) → banco; [of river, lake] → ribera, orilla;
(of earth) → terraplén m
vi (AVIAT) → ladearse;
bank [bæŋk] n → Bank f;
(of river, lake) → Ufer nt;
(of earth) → Wall m;
(of switches) → Reihe f
(Comm);
bank [bæŋk] n (for money) → banca, banco; [of river, lake] → riva, sponda; [of earth] → banco
vi (AVIAT) → inclinarsi in virata;
(COMM): they bank with Pitt's → sono clienti di Pitt's
bank on vt fus → contare su
n bank [bӕŋk]
1 a mound or ridge (of earth etc) The child climbed the bank to pick flowers. bank, wal كومه كَوْمَة تُراب насип násep skrænt; jordvold der Erdwall πλαγιά, βουναλάκι terraplén, loma, banco nõlvak تپه törmä talus בָּנק बांध bedem földhányás gundukan bakki; brekka scarpata 土手 비탈 šlaitas valnis; uzbērums tambak glooiing skrent, lav jordvoll, grøftekant wał monte movilă, troian насыпь svah nasip nasip vall, dikesren, sluttning ที่ลาดชัน set 土墩 насип; замет ٹیلا đống 土墩
2 the ground at the edge of a river, lake etc The river overflowed its banks. wal, walle ضفة ضِفَّة النَّهْر бряг břeh bred das Ufer όχθη ribera, orilla kallas ساحل رود یا دریاچه äyräs rive גָדָה किनारा, तट, तीर nasip (folyó)part tanggul árbakki, vatnsbakki riva, sponda 堤防 둑 krantas (upes, ezera) krasts tebing oever bredd brzeg margem mal берег breh breg obala []strand, bank ตลิ่ง kıyı, kenar 岸 берег دریا کا کنارا bờ (sông) 岸
3 a raised area of sand under the sea a sand-bank. sandbank رُكام، مُنْحَدَر في قاعِ النَّهْر плитчина mělčina banke die (Sand-)Bank ξέρα banco leetseljak تپۀ زیر آب؛ تپۀشنی hiekkasärkkä banc סוֹלֶלַת עָפַר sprud zátony tepi pantai grynning banco 浅瀬 퇴(堆) sekluma sēklis beting bank banke mielizna banco banc отмель plytčina sipina sprud sandbank หาดตื้นๆ (ใต้น้ำทะเล) yığın, ... kümesi (海水面下的)沙洲 мілина ساحل bãi ngầm （海水面下的）沙洲
v
1 (often withup) to form into a bank or banks The earth was banked up against the wall of the house. opstap;el يَتَراكَم، يتكوّم правя насип navršit, navézt dynge op aufhäufen στοιβάζω amontonar üles kuhjama انباشتن remblayer לִסמוֹך अंबार लगाना oblikovati nasip feltölt (földdel) membendung, mengonggok hrúga upp accumulare 積み上げる 둑을 쌓다 supilti uzbērt valni; sanest, sadzīt (sniegu, smiltis) menambak zich ophopen danne en (jord)voll, dynge opp usypać amontoar a îngrămădi (lângă) сгребать в кучу naviesť nasuti izdići torna upp i drivor, dämma upp (för), lägga upp i en vall ทำให้เป็นกอง toplanmak, yığılmak 堆積 робити насип پشتہ بندی کرنا chất đống 堆积
2 to tilt (an aircraft etc) while turning The plane banked steeply. skuins vlieg يُميل الطّائِرة جانبا накланям (се) naklánět se krænge in die Kurve gehen γέρνω ladearse küljele kalduma کج کردن virer (sur l'aile) לִהיוֹת בְּשִיפּוּע करवट लेना nagnuti se bedől; bedönt membelok halla(st) í beygju inclinarsi in virata 傾ける 좌우로 기울이다 pakrypti į viršų sasvērties uz sāniem (par lidmašīnu) mengereng overhellen krenge; dossere (en veikurve) przechylić się inclinar a se înclina, a vira накреняться nakloniť sa nagniti se ući u krivinu banka, skeva, luta เอียงปีก (เครื่องบิน) hafifçe yana yatmak 傾斜狀態 закладати віраж جھکنا nghiêng đi 倾斜状态
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