bank
1. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) (Freq. 25)
- they pulled the canoe up on the bank
- he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents
• Hypernyms:
slope, incline, side
• Hyponyms:
riverbank, riverside, waterside
2. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities (Freq. 20)
- he cashed a check at the bank
- that bank holds the mortgage on my home
• Syn:
depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company
• Hypernyms:
financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation
• Hyponyms:
credit union, Federal Reserve Bank, reserve bank, agent bank, commercial bank,
full service bank, state bank, lead bank, member bank, merchant bank, acquirer,
thrift institution, Home Loan Bank
• Member Holonyms:
banking industry, banking system
3. a long ridge or pile (Freq. 2)
- a huge bank of earth
• Hypernyms:
ridge
• Hyponyms:
bluff, sandbank
4. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers (Freq. 1)
- he operated a bank of switches
• Hypernyms:
array
5. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
• Hypernyms:
reserve, backlog, stockpile
• Hyponyms:
blood bank, eye bank, food bank, soil bank
6. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
- he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo
• Hypernyms:
funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
7. 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
• Syn:
cant, camber
• Derivationally related forms:
camber (for: camber), cant (for: cant)
• Hypernyms:
slope, incline, side
8. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
- the coin bank was empty
• Syn:
savings bank, coin bank, money box
• Hypernyms:
container
• Hyponyms:
piggy bank, penny bank
9. a building in which the business of banking transacted
- the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon
• Syn:
bank building
• Hypernyms:
depository, deposit, depositary, repository
• Part Meronyms:
vault, bank vault
10. a flight maneuver;
aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
- the plane went into a steep bank
• Hypernyms:
flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
• Hyponyms:
vertical bank
1. tip laterally (Freq. 2)
- the pilot had to bank the aircraft
• Hypernyms:
tip
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. enclose with a bank (Freq. 1)
- bank roads
• Hypernyms:
enclose, close in, inclose, shut in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
- Where do you bank in this town?
• Derivationally related forms:
bankable, banking
• Hypernyms:
transact
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
4. act as the banker in a game or in gambling
• Hypernyms:
act
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
5. be in the banking business
• Derivationally related forms:
bankable, banker, banking
• Hypernyms:
work, do work
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
6. put into a bank account
- She deposits her paycheck every month
• Syn:
deposit
• Ant:
withdraw (for: deposit)
• Derivationally related forms:
bankable, banking, deposit (for: deposit), depositor (for: deposit)
• Hypernyms:
give
• Hyponyms:
redeposit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- They bank the money
7. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
- bank a fire
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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
• Syn:
trust, swear, rely
• Ant:
mistrust (for: trust), distrust (for: trust)
• Derivationally related forms:
reliant (for: rely), reliance (for: rely), trust (for: trust)
• Hypernyms:
believe
• Hyponyms:
credit, lean, count, bet, depend,
look, calculate, reckon
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
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