bank

Noun

• a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
  • the plane went into a steep bank
    

• a building in which the business of banking transacted
  • the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon
    

• a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
  • the coin bank was empty
    

• 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

• the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
  • he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo
    

• a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

• an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
  • he operated a bank of switches
    

• a long ridge or pile
  • a huge bank of earth
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Verb

• 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
    

• cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
  • bank a fire
    

• put into a bank account
  • She deposits her paycheck every month
    

• be in the banking business

• act as the banker in a game or in gambling

• do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
  • Where do you bank in this town?
    

• enclose with a bank
  • bank roads
    

• tip laterally
  • the pilot had to bank the aircraft
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bank building , savings bank , coin bank , money box , cant , camber , depository financial institution , banking concern , banking company , trust , swear , rely , deposit
• Antonyms: 
  distrust , mistrust , suspect , withdraw , draw , take out , draw off