Meaning of 'bank'

noun

a flight maneuver

Synonyms: slip

noun

a building in which the business of banking transacted

Example: "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"

Synonyms: bank building

noun

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

Example: "I used to have a bank shaped like a pig. "

Synonyms: money box savings bank coin bank

noun

a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities

Example: "They cashed a check at the bank."

Synonyms: depository financial institution banking concern banking company

noun

an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers

Example: "They operated a bank of switches."

noun

a long ridge or pile

Example: "a huge bank of earth"

noun

sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

Example: "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"

noun

a slope in the turn of a road or track

Synonyms: camber cant

noun

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

Example: "We tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo."

noun

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

verb

to have confidence or faith in

Example: "I banked on their intentions."

Synonyms: trust swear rely

verb

to cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning

Example: "The fire fighters are going to bank the blaze."

verb

to enclose with a bank

Example: "The highway engineers banked the sharp curves on the road."

verb

to tip laterally

Example: "The pilot had to bank the aircraft."

verb

to put into a bank account

Example: "I banked my paycheck."

Synonyms: deposit

verb

to be in the banking business

Example: "Should we be banking at all?"

verb

to act as the banker in a game or in gambling

Example: "Do you want to bank?"

verb

to do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank

Example: "Where do you bank in this town?"