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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bank \bank\, v. t. imp. p. p. bankedba^ngkt; p. pr.
vb. n. banking.
1. to raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or
fortify with a bank; to embank. "banked well with earth."
--holland.
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2. to heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
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3. to pass by the banks of. obs. --shak.
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4. engineering to build a roadway or railroad with an
inclination at a curve in the road, so as to counteract
centrifugal forces acting on vehicles moving rapiudly
around the curve, thus reducing the danger of vehicles
overturning at a curve; as, the raceway was steeply banked
at the curves.
pjc
to bank a fire, to bank up a fire, to cover the coals or
embers with ashes or cinders, thus keeping the fire low
but alive.
1913 webster
see also:
banked banking to bank a fire to bank up a fire
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