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bank
I. \ˈbaŋk, -aiŋk\ noun
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Etymology: Middle English banke, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse bakki ridge, bank; akin to Old English benc bench — more at bench
1. : a mound, pile, or ridge raised by natural processes or artificial means above the surrounding level:
a. now dialect England : elevation, hill
b. obsolete : earthwork
c. : something piled or accumulated in the form of a mound and often having a broad or long base and flat top
< a bank of snow >
specifically : a piled-up mass of cloud, fog or mist often extending upward from the horizon
d. : an underwater elevation of mud, gravel, or sand; specifically : an undersea elevation rising especially from the continental shelf and usually with a broad flat top
< the cod banks off Norway — Irwin Shaw >
— compare reef, seamount, shoal
2.
a. : the margin of a watercourse : the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea or forming the edge of a cut or other hollow
b. obsolete : seacoast
3.
a. : a steep acclivity (as the side of a hill, pile, or mound) : grade, slope
b. : the lateral inward tilt of a vehicle or other moving object when taking a curve
< the bomber crossed the target area in a sharp bank >
: the lateral inward tip of a surface (as a road or track) along a curve
< the engineers hadn't given the road enough bank >
4. : a protective or cushioning rim or piece: as
a.
(1) : the slightly elevated ground surrounding a bowling green on the outer side of the ditch
(2) : cushion 3e
b. : a ramp of earth (as that leading to the upper story of some bank barns)
c. : banking pin
5.
a. Britain : the place in a bog where peat is dug
b.
(1) : the face of coal being worked
(2) : a deposit of ore or coal worked by excavations above water level
(3) : the ground at the top of a shaft
< the cost of an ore on the bank >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. : to raise a bank about : enclose, protect, or fortify with a bank : embank: as
a. : to cover (as a fire) with fresh fuel or other material, usually adjusting the draft to slow the rate of burning and maintain fire for a prolonged period — often used with up
b. : to heap earth along the row of (a growing crop, as of celery) to protect or blanch : hill, earth
c. : to build (a railway curve) with the outer rail elevated above the inner rail or to build (a curve in a road or track) with the roadbed or track inclined laterally upward from the inside edge to the outside edge so as to prevent a fast-moving vehicle or runner from being carried off the track or toppled over by centrifugal force in rounding the curve
< it is necessary to bank the curves very steeply for bobsled racing >
2. obsolete : to pass by the banks ofskirt
3. : to heap (as sand) or pile (as logs) in a bank
< lumberjacks … banked the cut timber on rollways to await the spring drives — American Guide Series: Michigan >
— often used with up
< there is banked up a great mass of purchasing power — Clement Atlee >
4.
a. : to drive (the cue ball in billiards) into a cushion before striking an object ball
b.
(1) : to drive (an object ball in pool) into a cushion in an attempt to pocket or to place advantageously on the rebound
(2) : to drive (a cue ball in pool) into a cushion to hit an object ball on the rebound or to play a safe shot
5. : to form or group in a tier
< bank electric lights >
intransitive verb
1. : to rise in or form a bank : lie in banks (as of clouds) — often used with up
< in the rainy season the clouds would bank up about midday, and showers fall with true tropical violence — William Beebe >
2. : to swing so far as to strike against a banking pin — used of the lever of a lever escapement in a watch or clock
3. : to fish on the banks of Newfoundland
4.
a.
(1) : to incline an airplane laterally
(2) of an airplane : to incline laterally
< torpedo planes … darting in to attack, then banking off — K.M.Dodson >
b. : to execute a movement like that of an airplane banking
< comets … appear without warning, race in through the planets, bank sharply around the sun, then head out toward the stars — A.C.Clarke >
— used especially of birds in flight and fishes swimming
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English banck, from Old French banc, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German bank bench — more at bench
1.
a. obsolete : the bench or seat on which the judges of a court of law sit
b. : a bench upon which the rowers of a galley sit
2. : a group or series of objects arranged near together in a row or a tier: as
a. : a tier of oars especially of an ancient galley
b. : a tier of keys belonging to a keyboard
c. : a set of two or more elevators
< eighteen passenger elevators, in three banks of six — New Yorker >
3.
a. archaic : a table for holding unprinted and printed sheets
b. : a slant-topped stand or sometimes a flat-topped table on which type matter in galleys is corrected and prepared for makeup
4. : one of the horizontal divisions of a headline; especially : a secondary or lower division — compare deck I 6
5. : the backboard to which a basketball hoop is attached
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IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca, literally, bench, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German bank bench
1.
a.
(1) obsolete : the table, counter, or place of business of a money-changer
(2) : an establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; also : an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions
b. : gambling house
2.
a. : the stockholders or directors of a bank acting in their corporate capacity
b. : a person or persons conducting a gambling house or game; specifically : dealer
3. : a supply of something useful or valuable held in reserve: as
a.
(1) obsolete : a sum of money
(2) : the sum of money in certain gambling games (as chemin de fer) that is deposited or stated by the dealer as a fund from which to pay his losses
b.
(1) : the whole supply of chips available for purchase and use by players in a game played with chips (as poker)
(2) : a fund of pieces belonging to a game (as dominoes) from which the players are allowed to draw
c. : an excess of logs cut or skidded during a given period and held as a reserve to make up deficiencies in daily quotas
4. : a place where something useful or valuable is held available: as
a. : landing 2b
b. : a small container for holding coins to be accumulated as savings or for a special purpose — see piggy bank
c. : a depot for the collection and storage of a biological product of human origin for medical use
< a semen bank >
< a nerve bank >
< bone bank >
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V. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to keep a bank
b. : to carry out the business of banking
2.
a. : to deposit money in a bank
< a trip into town to shop and bank >
b. : to have an account with a bank or banker
< the company banks at the First National >
transitive verb
1. : to deposit in a bank
< bank your salary >
2. : to deposit (as blood, plasma, bone) for storage in a bank (sense 4c)
< whole blood … could be banked indefinitely — Time >
3. : to act as banker for (as a gambling game)
4. : finance
< members who help bank political campaigns — New Republic >
Synonyms: see rely
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