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bank - a building in which the business of banking transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon" |
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deposit,
depositary,
depository,
repository the act of putting something somewhere
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bank vault,
vault the act of jumping over an obstacle
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bank - a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) |
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backlog,
reserve,
stockpile an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)
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blood bank a place for storing whole blood or blood plasma; "the Red Cross created a blood bank for emergencies"
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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
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food bank a place where food is contributed and made available to those in need; "they set up a food bank for the flood victims"
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soil bank land retired from crop cultivation and planted with soil-building crops; government subsidies are paid to farmers for their retired land
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bank - sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water); "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents" |
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incline,
side,
slope an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house"
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riverbank,
riverside the bank of a river
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waterside land bordering a body of water
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bank - a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank" |
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airplane maneuver,
flight maneuver a maneuver executed by an aircraft
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vertical bank a bank so steep that the plane's lateral axis approaches the vertical
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bank - a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth" |
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ridge a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
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bluff the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
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sandbank a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide
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bank - 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 |
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cant,
camber |
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incline,
side,
slope an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house"
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bank - an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches" |
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array an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics
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bank - the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo" |
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cash in hand,
finances,
funds,
monetary resource,
pecuniary resource assets in the form of money
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| verb |
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bank - be in the banking business |
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do work,
work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"
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bank - do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where do you bank in this town?" |
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transact conduct business; "transact with foreign governments"
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bank - enclose with a bank; "bank roads" |
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close in,
enclose,
inclose,
shut in advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"
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bank - tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft" |
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tip remove the tip from; "tip artichokes"
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bank - act as the banker in a game or in gambling |
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act behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
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bank - cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire" |
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cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!"
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