What is the meaning of the word "bank"?

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  1. a building in which the business of banking transacted copy to clipboard noun
    • the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon copy to clipboard
  2. a container, usually with a slot in the top, for keeping money at home copy to clipboard noun
    • I used to have a bank shaped like a pig. copy to clipboard
  3. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities copy to clipboard noun
    • They cashed a check at the bank. copy to clipboard
  4. a long ridge or pile copy to clipboard noun
    • a huge bank of earth copy to clipboard
  5. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers copy to clipboard noun
    • They operated a bank of switches. copy to clipboard
  6. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) copy to clipboard noun
    • they pulled the canoe up on the bank copy to clipboard
  7. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games copy to clipboard noun
    • We tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo. copy to clipboard
  8. to act as the banker in a game or in gambling copy to clipboard verb
    • Do you want to bank? copy to clipboard
  9. to be in the banking business copy to clipboard verb
    • Should we be banking at all? copy to clipboard
  10. to cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning copy to clipboard verb
    • The fire fighters are going to bank the blaze. copy to clipboard
  11. to do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank copy to clipboard verb
    • Where do you bank in this town? copy to clipboard
  12. to enclose with a bank copy to clipboard verb
    • The highway engineers banked the sharp curves on the road. copy to clipboard
  13. to have confidence or faith in copy to clipboard verb
    • I banked on their intentions. copy to clipboard
  14. to put into a bank account copy to clipboard verb
    • I banked my paycheck. copy to clipboard
  15. to tip laterally copy to clipboard verb
    • The pilot had to bank the aircraft. copy to clipboard

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