Noun
1. 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"2. 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"3. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
4. a building in which commercial banking is transacted;
"the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"5. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers;
"he operated a bank of switches"6. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home;
"the coin bank was empty"7. a long ridge or pile;
"a huge bank of earth"8. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games;
"he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"9. 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
10. a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning);
"the plane went into a steep bank"Verb
1. tip laterally;
"the pilot had to bank the aircraft"2. enclose with a bank;
"bank roads"3. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank;
"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;
"She deposites her paycheck every month"7. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning;
"bank a fire"8. 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"