'Bank' definitions:

Definition of 'bank'

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noun
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"
noun
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" [syn: depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company]
noun
A long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
noun
An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches"
noun
A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
noun
The funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"
noun
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 [syn: bank, cant, camber]
noun
A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty" [syn: savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank]
noun
A building in which the business of banking transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon" [syn: bank, bank building]
noun
A flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank"
verb
Tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
verb
Enclose with a bank; "bank roads"
verb
Do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where do you bank in this town?"
verb
Act as the banker in a game or in gambling
verb
Be in the banking business
verb
Put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month" [syn: deposit, bank] [ant: draw, draw off, take out, withdraw]
verb
Cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire"
verb
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" [syn: trust, swear, rely, bank] [ant: distrust, mistrust, suspect]

Definition of 'Bank'

From: GCIDE
  • Bank \Bank\ (b[a^][ng]k), n. [OE. banke; akin to E. bench, and prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. bakki. See Bench.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • They cast up a bank against the city. --2 Sam. xx. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow. [1913 Webster]
  • Tiber trembled underneath her banks. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Mining) (a) The face of the coal at which miners are working. (b) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. (c) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (A["e]ronautics) The lateral inclination of an a["e]roplane as it rounds a curve; as, a bank of 45[deg] is easy; a bank of 90[deg] is dangerous. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 7. A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a bank of electric lamps, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 8. The tilt of a roadway or railroad, at a curve in the road, designed to counteract centrifugal forces acting on vehicles moving rapiudly around the curve, thus reducing the danger of overturning during a turn. [PJC]
  • Bank beaver (Zool.), the otter. [Local, U.S.]
  • Bank swallow, a small American and European swallow (Clivicola riparia) that nests in a hole which it excavates in a bank. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bank'

From: GCIDE
  • Bank \Bank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banked(b[a^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Banking.]
  • 1. To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. "Banked well with earth." --Holland. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Engineering) To build (a roadway or railroad) with an inclination at a curve in the road, so as to counteract centrifugal forces acting on vehicles moving rapiudly around the curve, thus reducing the danger of vehicles overturning at a curve; as, the raceway was steeply banked at the curves. [PJC]
  • To bank a fire, To bank up a fire, to cover the coals or embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low but alive. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bank'

From: GCIDE
  • Bank \Bank\, n. [F. banque, It. banca, orig. bench, table, counter, of German origin, and akin to E. bench; cf. G. bank bench, OHG. banch. See Bench, and cf. Banco, Beach.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The building or office used for banking purposes. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A fund to be used in transacting business, especially a joint stock or capital. [1913 Webster]
  • Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Gaming) The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw; in Monopoly, the fund of money used to pay bonuses due to the players, or to which they pay fines. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 6. a place where something is stored and held available for future use; specifically, an organization that stores biological products for medical needs; as, a blood bank, an organ bank, a sperm bank. [PJC]
  • Bank credit, a credit by which a person who has given the required security to a bank has liberty to draw to a certain extent agreed upon.
  • Bank of deposit, a bank which receives money for safe keeping.
  • Bank of issue, a bank which issues its own notes payable to bearer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bank'

From: GCIDE
  • Bank \Bank\, n. [Prob. fr. F. banc. Of German origin, and akin to E. bench. See Bench.]
  • 1. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars. [1913 Webster]
  • Placed on their banks, the lusty Trojan sweep Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Law) (a) The bench or seat upon which the judges sit. (b) The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Printing) A sort of table used by printers. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bank'

From: GCIDE
  • Bank \Bank\, v. t. To deposit in a bank. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bank'

From: GCIDE
  • Bank \Bank\, v. i.
  • 1. To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bank'

From: GCIDE
  • Bank \Bank\, v. i. (A["e]ronautics) To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; -- said of a flying machine, an a["e]rocurve, or the like. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'Bank'

From: GCIDE
  • Banc \Banc\, Bancus \Ban"cus\, Bank \Bank\, n. [OF. banc, LL. bancus. See Bank, n.] A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court. [1913 Webster]
  • In banc, In banco (the ablative of bancus), In bank, in full court, or with full judicial authority; as, sittings in banc (distinguished from sittings at nisi prius). [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bank'

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