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Bank 1Definition: A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
Bank 2Definition: 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.
Bank 3Definition: A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
Bank 4Definition: The margin of a
watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
Bank 5Definition: An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the
banks of Newfoundland.
Bank 6Definition: The face of the coal at which
miners are working.
Bank 7Definition: A deposit of ore or coal, worked by
excavations above water level.
Bank 8Definition: The ground at the top of a shaft; as,
ores are brought to bank.
Bank 9Definition: To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
Bank 10Definition: To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
Bank 11Definition: To pass by the
Bank 12Definition: A bench, as for
rowers in a galley; also, a tier of
Bank 13Definition: The bench or seat upon which the
Bank 14Definition: The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear
questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi
Prius, or a court held for jury
trials. See Banc.
Bank 15Definition: A sort of table used by
Bank 16Definition: A bench, or row of
keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
Bank 17Definition: An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of
bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such
functions, or the
stockholders (or their
directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
Bank 18Definition: The building or office used for banking
Bank 19Definition: A fund from
contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
Bank 20Definition: 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
Bank 21Definition: In certain
games, as dominos, a fund of
pieces from which the
players are allowed to draw.
Bank 22Definition: To deposit in a bank.
Bank 23Definition: To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
Bank 24Definition: To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
bank 25Definition: a flight maneuver; aircraft
tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank"
bank 26Definition: a building in which commercial banking is transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"
bank 27Definition: a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty"
bank 28Definition: 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"
bank 29Definition: an arrangement of similar
objects in a row or in
tiers; "he operated a bank of
bank 30Definition: a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
bank 31Definition: 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
bank 32Definition: 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
bank 33Definition: the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling
games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte
bank 34Definition: a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
bank 35Definition: have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your
friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my
bank 36Definition: cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire"
bank 37Definition: enclose with a bank; "bank roads"
bank 38Definition: tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
bank 39Definition: put into a bank account; "She
deposites her paycheck every month"
bank 40Definition: be in the banking business
bank 41Definition: act as the banker in a game or in gambling
bank 42Definition: do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where do you bank in this