bank (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" [syn: depository financial institution, [[banking concern]], banking company]
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" [syn: [[bank building]]]
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" [syn: [[savings bank]], coin bank, money box]
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 [syn: cant, camber]
10: a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank"
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" [syn: deposit] [ant: withdraw]
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" [syn: trust, swear, rely] [ant: distrust, distrust]