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BANK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
Example:
the plane went into a steep bank
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
airplane maneuver; flight maneuver (a maneuver executed by an aircraft)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank"):
vertical bank (a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical)
Derivation:
bank (tip laterally)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A building in which the business of banking transacted
Example:
the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon
Synonyms:
bank; bank building
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
deposit; depositary; depository; repository (a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping)
Meronyms (parts of "bank"):
bank vault; vault (a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables)
Derivation:
bank (put into a bank account)
bank (be in the banking business)
bank (do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
Example:
the coin bank was empty
Synonyms:
bank; coin bank; money box; savings bank
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
container (any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank"):
penny bank; piggy bank (a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig))
Sense 4
Meaning:
A financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
Example:
that bank holds the mortgage on my home
Synonyms:
bank; banking company; banking concern; depository financial institution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
financial institution; financial organisation; financial organization (an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in financial assets)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank"):
Home Loan Bank (one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region)
thrift institution (a depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying)
acquirer (a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock)
acquirer; merchant bank (a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for credit card receipts less a processing fee)
member bank (a bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System)
agent bank; lead bank (a bank named by a lending syndicate of several banks to protect their interests)
state bank (a bank chartered by a state rather than by the federal government)
commercial bank; full service bank (a financial institution that accepts demand deposits and makes loans and provides other services for the public)
agent bank (a bank that acts as an agent for a foreign bank)
Federal Reserve Bank; reserve bank (one of 12 regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region)
credit union (a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings)
Holonyms ("bank" is a member of...):
banking industry; banking system (banks collectively)
Derivation:
bank (put into a bank account)
bank (be in the banking business)
bank (do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank)
Sense 5
Meaning:
An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
Example:
he operated a bank of switches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
array (an orderly arrangement)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A long ridge or pile
Example:
a huge bank of earth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
ridge (a long narrow natural elevation or striation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank"):
bluff (a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion))
sandbank (a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
Example:
he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank"):
riverbank; riverside (the bank of a river)
waterside (land bordering a body of water)
Derivation:
bank (enclose with a bank)
Sense 8
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)
Sense 9
Meaning:
The funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
Example:
he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
cash in hand; finances; funds; monetary resource; pecuniary resource (assets in the form of money)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("bank" is a kind of...):
backlog; reserve; stockpile (something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bank"):
blood bank (a place for storing whole blood or blood plasma)
eye bank (a place for storing and preserving corneas that are obtained from human corpses immediately after death; used for corneal transplantation to patients with corneal defects)
food bank (a place where food is contributed and made available to those in need)
soil bank (land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops; government subsidies are paid to farmers for their retired land)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they bank ... he / she / it banks
Past simple: banked
Past participle: banked
-ing form: banking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have faith or confidence in
Example:
Depend on your family in times of crisis
Synonyms:
bank; bet; calculate; count; depend; look; reckon; rely; swear
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
trust (have confidence or faith in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
Example:
bank a fire
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Enclose with a bank
Example:
bank roads
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
close in; enclose; inclose; shut in (surround completely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
bank (sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Tip laterally
Example:
the pilot had to bank the aircraft
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
tip (cause to tilt)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
bank (a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning))
Sense 5
Meaning:
Put into a bank account
Example:
She deposits her paycheck every month
Synonyms:
bank; deposit
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bank"):
redeposit (deposit once again)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They bank the money
Derivation:
banking (transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.)
bankable (acceptable to or at a bank)
bank (a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities)
bank (a building in which the business of banking transacted)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Be in the banking business
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
Verb group:
bank (act as the banker in a game or in gambling)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
bank (a building in which the business of banking transacted)
bank (a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities)
bankable (acceptable to or at a bank)
banker (a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank)
banking (engaging in the business of keeping money for savings and checking accounts or for exchange or for issuing loans and credit etc.)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Act as the banker in a game or in gambling
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
act (discharge one's duties)
Verb group:
bank (be in the banking business)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 8
Meaning:
Do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
Example:
Where do you bank in this town?
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "bank" is one way to...):
transact (conduct business)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
bank (a building in which the business of banking transacted)
bank (a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities)
bankable (acceptable to or at a bank)
banking (transacting business with a bank; depositing or withdrawing funds or requesting a loan etc.)
Context examples:
To right and left stretched a broken, irregular line of many-coloured houses winding along either bank as far as I could see.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“At Bristol, in banks and places,” answered his companion.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Spinella added that the findings also provide good news for blood banks, which he said will likely feel less pressure to respond to requests for fresh red cells.
(Fresh red blood cell transfusions do not help critically ill children more than older cells, National Institutes of Health)
The tombs date back about 3,500 years and are located on the west bank of the river Nile.
(Discovery of Two Tombs Dating Back 3,500 Years Announced in Egypt, VOA)
Alarmed by the increasing devastation, Hull learned that keeping a horse in this region serves a similar function as maintaining a bank account.
(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)
Earth system scientists from the University of California, Irvine have identified another culprit when a river overflows its banks: leafy plants.
(Plant physiology will be major contributor to future river flooding, National Science Foundation)
The bank has an associated database that contains prognostic, staging, outcome and treatment data on patients from whom tissues were obtained.
(AIDS and Cancer Specimen Bank, NCI Thesaurus)
The tomb is located on the west bank of the river Nile in a cemetery where noblemen and top government officials are buried.
(Egypt Announces Discovery of 3,500-Year-Old Luxor Tomb, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The straw therefore stretched itself from one bank to the other, and the coal, who was of an impetuous disposition, tripped quite boldly on to the newly-built bridge.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
