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bank
Anoun
1 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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2 bank, bank building
 a building in which commercial banking is transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"
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3 savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank
 a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty"
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4 depository financial institution, bank, banking concern, banking company
 a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home"
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5 bank
 an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches"
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6 bank
 a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
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7 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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8 bank, cant, camber
 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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9 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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10 bank
 a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
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Bverb
1 trust, swear, rely, bank
 have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"
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2 bank
 cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire"
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cover
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3 bank
 enclose with a bank; "bank roads"
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4 bank
 tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
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move; displace
╚turn
╚reorient
╚tip
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5 deposit, bank
 put into a bank account; "She deposites her paycheck every month"
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6 bank
 be in the banking business
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work; do work
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7 bank
 act as the banker in a game or in gambling
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work; do work
╚serve
╚act
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8 bank
 do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where do you bank in this town?"
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