Meaning of bank in English
Verb
bankDefinitions
1. tip laterallyExamples
- « the pilot had to bank the aircraft »
- 2. enclose with a bank
Examples
- « bank roads »
- 3. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
Examples
- « Where do you bank in this town? »
- 4. act as the banker in a game or in gambling
- 5. be in the banking business
- 6. put into a bank account
Examples
- « She deposites her paycheck every month »
Antonyms
- 7. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
Examples
- « bank a fire »
- 8. have confidence or faith in
Examples
- « We can trust in God »
- « Rely on your friends »
- « bank on your good education »
- « I swear by my grandmother's recipes »
Antonyms
Noun
bankEtymology
Middle English: from Old Norse bakki, of Germanic origin; related to bench. The senses ‘set of things in rows’ and ‘tier of oars’ are from French banc, of the same ultimate originDefinitions
1. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activitiesExamples
- « he cashed a check at the bank »
- « that bank holds the mortgage on my home »
- 2. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
Examples
- « they pulled the canoe up on the bank »
- « he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents »
- 3. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
- 4. a building in which commercial banking is transacted
Examples
- « the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon »
- 5. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
Examples
- « he operated a bank of switches »
- 6. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
Examples
- « the coin bank was empty »
- 7. a long ridge or pile
Examples
- « a huge bank of earth »
- 8. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
Examples
- « he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo »
- 9. a slope in the turn of a road or track
Examples
- « the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force »
- 10. a flight maneuver
Examples
- « aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning) »
- « the plane went into a steep bank »