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bank
Part of speech: NounA place for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue of money; the office of a banking company; a heap, mound, or ridge of earth; a steep slope; an elevation or rising ground beneath the sea or at the mouth of a river, forming a shoal or shallow; as, the Banks of Newfoundland; the ground forming the sides of a river or stream; a bench for rowers; a row of oars.
Part of speech: VerbTo put, as money, in a bank; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; pile or heap up; to incline ( an airplane) laterally, or make to revolve about the fore and aft axis.
Part of speech: VerbTo have an account with a banker.
Usage examples "bank":- But there at the bank it was just doing the same thing over and over again: what he had done last week he would do again this week: what had happened last year would happen again this year. - "The Chestermarke Instinct", J. S. Fletcher.
- The bank is coming down! - "The Boy With the U.S. Miners", Francis Rolt-Wheeler.