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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Bank \Bank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banked(b[a^][ng]kt); 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bank \Bank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Banked(b[a^][ng]kt); 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.
  
     2. To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
  
     3. To pass by the banks of. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  banked
     a.
     1 Piled high.
     2 Of a cheque, deposited in a bank.
     vb.
     (infl of en bank  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  banked
     a.
     1 Piled high.
     2 Of a cheque, deposited in a bank.
     vb.
     (infl of en bank  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  banked
     a.
     1 Piled high.
     2 Of a cheque, deposited in a bank.
     vb.
     (infl of en bank  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  banked
     a.
     1 Piled high.
     2 Of a cheque, deposited in a bank.
     vb.
     (infl of en bank  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  banked
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm b ank ed)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Banked /bˈaŋkt/
  أودع مالاً

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  banked /bˈaŋkt/ 
  nakloněný