The edge of, or the area of land adjacent to, a watercourse or body of water; a bank, a shore.

A shore, a riverbank; a landing place. Frequently as a mass noun.

The sloping, vertical, or overhanging edge of a river or other watercourse; (also more broadly) the land running immediately alongside a river or…

The steep bank bounding a river valley. Frequent in the collocation ‘banks and braes’.

The side or bank of a river; the ground adjacent to or stretching along a river.

the side or bank of a brook; also attributive.

The bank of a river; (also occasionally) the seashore.

A coast; a bank of a river.

The raised or sloping edge or border of a river; the bank or ground immediately adjacent to a river.

the side of a brook, the strip of ground alongside of it.

The sandy shore of a river.

†The bank of a river (obsolete); also, a gravel or sandbank.

A body of water on the surface of the earth. Scottish and English regional (Northumberland). The banks of a river; the inhabitants of the district…

A pavement running alongside a Venetian canal. Also more generally: any waterfront or promenade.

The banks or environs of a river; spec. (with capital initial) (the name of) a district of western New South Wales, Australia (see quot. 1881). rare.

Scottish (southern). A grassy, overhanging bank at the side of a stream or river.