bank in WordNet English dictionary

1. a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)
   "the plane went into a steep bank"
   bank 
   
2. a building in which the business of banking transacted
   "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"
   bank  bank building 
   
3. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
   "the coin bank was empty"
   savings bank  coin bank  money box  bank 
   
4. 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"
   depository financial institution  bank  banking concern  banking company 
   
5. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
   "he operated a bank of switches"
   bank 
   
6. a long ridge or pile
   "a huge bank of earth"
   bank 
   
7. 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"
   bank 
   
8. 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
   bank  cant  camber 
   
9. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
   bank 
   
10. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
    "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"
    bank 
    

1. 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"
   trust  swear  rely  bank 
   
2. enclose with a bank
   "bank roads"
   bank 
   
3. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning
   "bank a fire"
   bank 
   
4. tip laterally
   "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
   bank 
   
5. put into a bank account
   "She deposits her paycheck every month"
   deposit  bank 
   
6. be in the banking business
   bank 
   
7. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank
   "Where do you bank in this town?"
   bank 
   
8. act as the banker in a game or in gambling
   bank