bank

bank
I
n
1. heap, pile, stack, mass, accumulation, bulk, drift, cumulus; deposit, swell, mound, tumulus; ridge, knoll, dune; bundle, cock, shock, rick, mow.
2. embankment, dike, mole; terrace, parapet.
3. acclivity, ascent, upward slope, grade, gradient, rise, incline, inclination, slant, pitch, cant, upgrade; elevation, hillock, hill, hillside.
4. shore, rim, edge, coast, margin, marge, strand, beach; foreshore, littoral, Law. alluvion.
v
5. heap up, pile, pile up, roll up, stack up; mass, aggregate, cumulate, drift.
6. slope, grade, incline, pitch; elevate, raise, heighten, deepen.
7. border, surround, embank, dike.
8. damp, dampen, bank or damp off, turn down, reduce to embers or coals; stifle, suffocate, extinguish.
II
n
1. commercial bank, commercial house, Brit. clearing bank, savings bank, savings and loan, savings and loan association, Federal Reserve Bank; house of finance, savings or thrift institution, Inf. thriftie.
2. bank building, banking house, main bank, main branch, branch bank, branch, drive-in bank.
3.Games. draw pile, reserve; kitty, pot; dealer, croupier, house man; house, gambling house, casino.
4. storehouse, warehouse, depository, depot, repository; granary, silo, elevator, barn, garner; storeroom, loft, attic, cellar, stockroom; closet, cabinet, locker, crib, bunker, store, reservoir; cache, hold, armory, arsenal, magazine; treasury, coffer, strongbox, safe, piggy bank.
5. store, reserve, accumulation; hoard, stock, stockpile, supply, fund; treasure, holdings, savings, Inf. loot.
v
6. save, save up, deposit; lay by, lay up, Inf. stash away; reserve, put aside, set aside, put by for a rainy day, Inf. salt away, feather one's nest; hoard, squirrel away.
7.Games. hold the stakes, be the banker, keep or hold the bank or kitty; deal, play for the house, run a game.
8. bank on or upon
Informal. count or depend on, rely on, lean on; trust, have confidence in, pin one's hopes on, stake one's life on, swear by; credit, build on.
III
n
1. line, tier, row, array, course, progression; file, rank, series, train, succession, string, chain, concatenation.
v
2. align, line up, arrange in tiers or rows, put in order, array, rank, string, concatenate.

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