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English noun: bank | |||
| 1. | bank (object) sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) | ||
| Samples | They pulled the canoe up on the bank. He sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | incline, side, slope | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | riverbank, riverside, waterside | ||
| 2. | bank (group) a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities | ||
| Samples | He cashed a check at the bank. That bank holds the mortgage on my home. | ||
| Synonyms | banking company, banking concern, depository financial institution | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | financial institution, financial organisation, financial organization | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | acquirer, acquirer, agent bank, agent bank, commercial bank, credit union, Federal Reserve Bank, full service bank, Home Loan Bank, lead bank, member bank, merchant bank, reserve bank, state bank, thrift institution | ||
| Member meronym | banking industry, banking system | ||
| 3. | bank (object) a long ridge or pile | ||
| Samples | A huge bank of earth. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ridge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bluff, sandbank | ||
| 4. | bank (group) an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers | ||
| Samples | He operated a bank of switches. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | array | ||
| 5. | bank (possession) a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | backlog, reserve, stockpile | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blood bank, eye bank, food bank, soil bank | ||
| 6. | bank (possession) the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games | ||
| Samples | He tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cash in hand, finances, funds, monetary resource, pecuniary resource | ||
| 7. | bank (object) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | camber, cant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | incline, side, slope | ||
| 8. | bank (artifact) a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home | ||
| Samples | The coin bank was empty. | ||
| Synonyms | coin bank, money box, savings bank | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | container | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | penny bank, piggy bank | ||
| 9. | bank (artifact) a building in which the business of banking transacted | ||
| Samples | The bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon. | ||
| Synonyms | bank building | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deposit, depositary, depository, repository | ||
| Part holonym | bank vault, vault | ||
| 10. | bank (act) a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning) | ||
| Samples | The plane went into a steep bank. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | airplane maneuver, flight maneuver | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | vertical bank | ||
English verb: bank | |||
| 1. | bank (motion) tip laterally | ||
| Samples | The pilot had to bank the aircraft. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tip | ||
| 2. | bank (contact) enclose with a bank | ||
| Samples | Bank roads. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | close in, enclose, inclose, shut in | ||
| 3. | bank (possession) do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank | ||
| Samples | Where do you bank in this town?. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transact | ||
| 4. | bank (possession) act as the banker in a game or in gambling | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act | ||
| Verb group | bank | ||
| 5. | bank (possession) be in the banking business | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do work, work | ||
| Verb group | bank | ||
| 6. | bank (possession) put into a bank account | ||
| Samples | She deposits her paycheck every month. | ||
| Examples | They bank the money | ||
| Synonyms | deposit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | give | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | redeposit | ||
| Antonyms | draw off, take out, withdraw, draw | ||
| 7. | bank (contact) cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning | ||
| Samples | Bank a fire. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover | ||
| 8. | bank (cognition) have confidence or faith in | ||
| Samples | We can trust in God. Rely on your friends. Bank on your good education. I swear by my grandmother's recipes. | ||
| Synonyms | rely, swear, trust | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | believe | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bet, calculate, count, credit, depend, lean, look, reckon | ||
| Antonyms | distrust, mistrust, suspect | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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