bank

Sense 1 noun

sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

they pulled the canoe up on the bank

Sense 2 verb

tip laterally

the pilot had to bank the aircraft

Sense 3 noun

a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities

he cashed a check at the bank

Sense 4 verb

enclose with a bank

bank roads

Sense 5 noun

a long ridge or pile

a huge bank of earth

Sense 6 verb

do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank

Where do you bank in this town?

Sense 7 noun

an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers

he operated a bank of switches

Sense 8 verb

act as the banker in a game or in gambling

Sense 9 noun

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

Sense 10 verb

be in the banking business

Sense 11 noun

the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games

he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo

Sense 12 verb

put into a bank account

She deposits her paycheck every month

Sense 13 noun

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

Sense 14 verb

cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning

bank a fire

Sense 15 noun

a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home

the coin bank was empty

Sense 16 verb

have confidence or faith in

We can trust in God

Sense 17 noun

a building in which the business of banking transacted

the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon

Sense 18 noun

a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)

the plane went into a steep bank