Main Entry:

²bank

Function:

verb

Date:

1590

transitive verb

1 a: to raise a bank about b: to cover (as a fire) with fresh fuel and adjust the draft of air so as to keep in an inactive state c: to build (a curve) with the roadbed or track inclined laterally upward from the inside edge2: to heap or pile in a bank3 a: to drive (a ball in billiards) into a cushion b: to bounce (a ball or shot) off a surface (as a backboard) into or toward a goal <bank in a rebound>4: to form or group in a tierintransitive verb1: to rise in or form a bank —often used with up<clouds would bank up about midday, and showers fall — William Beebe>2 a: to incline an airplane laterally b (1): to incline laterally (2): to follow a curve or incline <skiers banking around the turn>