English to English
noun
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a long ridge or pile
A huge bank of earth.
source: WordNet 3.0
- an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
He operated a bank of switches.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
source: WordNet 3.0
- the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
He tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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
source: WordNet 3.0
- a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
The coin bank was empty.
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- a building in which the business of banking transacted
The bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
The plane went into a steep bank.
source: WordNet 3.0
- A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.
source: Webster 1913
- A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
source: Webster 1913
- An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
source: Webster 1913
- A group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a bank of electric lamps, etc.
source: Webster 1913
- The lateral inclination of an aëroplane as it rounds a curve; as, a bank of 45° is easy; a bank of 90° is dangerous.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- tip laterally
The pilot had to bank the aircraft.
source: WordNet 3.0
- enclose with a bank
Bank roads.
source: WordNet 3.0
- do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
Where do you bank in this town?.
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- act as the banker in a game or in gambling
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- be in the banking business
source: WordNet 3.0
- put into a bank account
She deposits her paycheck every month.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
Bank a fire.
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- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
source: Webster 1913
- To deposit in a bank.
source: Webster 1913
- To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
source: Webster 1913
- To tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; -- said of a flying machine, an aërocurve, or the like.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [banc] Pangpang; baybayin; tabí ng ilog ó dagat; bángko
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [banc] Magpilapil; maglagák ng salapî sa bangko
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
