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embank [ɪmˈbæŋk] vb
(Engineering / Civil Engineering) (tr) to protect, enclose, or confine (a waterway, road, etc.) with an embankment ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations embank vt river → eindämmen, eindeichen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He rushed across the plain like a winter torrent that has burst its barrier in full flood; no dykes, no walls of fruitful vineyards can embank it when it is swollen with rain from heaven, but in a moment it comes tearing onward, and lays many a field waste that many a strong man's hand has reclaimed--even so were the dense phalanxes of the Trojans driven in rout by the son of Tydeus, and many though they were, they dared not abide his onslaught. |
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