bank

Definitions of bank in various dictionaries:

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

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

noun - a long ridge or pile

noun - an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers

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

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

noun - a slope in the turn of a road or track

noun - a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home

noun - a building in which the business of banking transacted

noun - a flight maneuver

verb - tip laterally

verb - enclose with a bank

verb - do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank

verb - act as the banker in a game or in gambling

verb - be in the banking business

verb - put into a bank account

verb - cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning

verb - have confidence or faith in

A piled-up mass, as of snow or clouds.

A steep natural incline.

An artificial embankment.

Often banks.

Often banks.

Games.

The lateral inward tilting, as of a motor vehicle or an aircraft, in turning or negotiating a curve.

To border or protect with a ridge or embankment.

To pile up; amass: banked earth along the wall.

To cover (a fire), as with ashes or fresh fuel, to ensure continued low burning.

To construct with a slope rising to the outside edge: The turns on the racetrack were steeply banked.

To tilt (an aircraft) laterally and inwardly in flight.

To tilt (a motor vehicle) laterally and inwardly when negotiating a curve.

To strike (a billiard ball) so that it rebounds from the cushion of the table.

To play (a ball) in such a way as to make it glance off a surface, such as a backboard or wall.

To rise in or take the form of a bank.

To tilt an aircraft or a motor vehicle laterally when turning.

A business establishment in which money is kept for saving or commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged.

The offices or building in which such an establishment is located.

Games.

The funds of a gambling establishment.

The funds held by a dealer or banker in some gambling games.

The reserve pieces, cards, chips, or play money in some games, such as poker, from which the players may draw.

A supply or stock for future or emergency use: a grain bank.

A supply of human tissues or other materials, such as blood, skin, or sperm, held in reserve for future use.

A place of safekeeping or storage: a computer’s memory bank.

A moneychanger’s table or place of business.

To transact business with a bank or maintain a bank account.

To operate a bank.

A set of elevators.

A row of keys on a keyboard.

Nautical.

A bench for rowers in a galley.

A row of oars in a galley.

The lines of type under a headline.

adj - to keep money in a bank (an institution dealing in money matters) [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BANKABLE

BANK - A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates credit. Lending activities can be performed either directly or in...