Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - bank

~1 n 1 »MONEY« a) a business that keeps and lends money and provides other financial services  (The major banks have announced an increase in interest rates.) b) a local office of a bank  (I have to go to the bank at lunch time.) 2 »RIVER/LAKE« land along the side of a river or lake  (Roger pushed the boat away from the bank)  (- see shore1) 3 »PILE« a large pile of earth, sand, snow etc  (There were steep banks of snow at the sides of the road.) 4 blood/sperm/organ etc bank a place where human blood etc is stored until someone needs it 5 cloud/fog bank etc a large mass of clouds, mist etc 6 bank of televisions/elevators/computers etc a large number of machines, television screens etc arranged close together in a row 7 »GAME« the money in a gambling game that people can win  (- see also break the bank break1 (32)) 8 »ROAD« a slope made at a bend in a road or racetrack to make it safer for cars to go around  (- see also bottle bank, memory bank) ~2 v 1 »MONEY« to put or keep money in a bank  (Did you bank that check?) 2 »PARTICULAR BANK« to keep your money in a particular bank  (Who do you bank with?) 3 »TURN« to make a plane, motorcycle, or car slope to one side when turning  (The plane banked, and circled back toward us.) 4 »PILE/ROWS« also bank up BrE to arrange something into a pile or into rows  (The walls of the space center are banked high with electronic equipment.) 5 »CLOUD/MIST« also bank up to form a mass of cloud, mist etc  (Banked clouds promised rain.) 6 »FIRE« also bank up to cover a fire with wood, coal etc to keep it going for a long time  (Josie banked up the fire to last till morning.) bank on sb/sth phr v to depend on something happening or someone doing something  (bank on sb doing sth)  (We were banking on John being there to show us the way.)