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bank
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n 1: 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"
2: 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" [syn:
depository financial institution, bank, banking
concern, banking company]
3: a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
4: an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he
operated a bank of switches"
5: a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially
in emergencies)
6: the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some
gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"
7: 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 [syn: bank, cant, camber]
8: a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping
money at home; "the coin bank was empty" [syn: savings
bank, coin bank, money box, bank]
9: a building in which the business of banking transacted; "the
bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon" [syn:
bank, bank building]
10: a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its
longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went
into a steep bank"
v 1: tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
2: enclose with a bank; "bank roads"
3: do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where
do you bank in this town?"
4: act as the banker in a game or in gambling
5: be in the banking business
6: put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every
month" [syn: deposit, bank] [ant: draw, draw off,
take out, withdraw]
7: cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a
fire"
8: 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" [syn: trust, swear, rely,
bank] [ant: distrust, mistrust, suspect]
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clank
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n 1: a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang
of distant bells" [syn: clang, clangor, clangour,
clangoring, clank, clash, crash]
v 1: make a clank; "the train clanked through the village"
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crank
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adj 1: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
[syn: crank, cranky, tender, tippy]
n 1: a bad-tempered person [syn: grouch, grump, crank,
churl, crosspatch]
2: a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot, crank,
nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball]
3: an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the
form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to
the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn:
methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride,
Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken
feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash]
4: a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel
handle [syn: crank, starter]
v 1: travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the
countryside" [syn: zigzag, crank]
2: start by cranking; "crank up the engine" [syn: crank,
crank up]
3: rotate with a crank [syn: crank, crank up]
4: fasten with a crank
5: bend into the shape of a crank
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dank
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adj 1: unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake";
"clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests"
[syn: clammy, dank]
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embank
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v 1: enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The
river was embanked with a dyke"
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flank
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n 1: the side of military or naval formation; "they attacked the
enemy's right flank" [syn: flank, wing]
2: a subfigure consisting of a side of something
3: a cut from the fleshy part of an animal's side between the
ribs and the leg
4: the side between ribs and hipbone
v 1: be located at the sides of something or somebody
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franc
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n 1: the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100
centimes
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frank
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adj 1: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without
subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight
shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my
candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright
approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and
you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be
outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the
point"; "a point-blank accusation" [syn: blunt,
candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken,
outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-
from-the-shoulder]
2: clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment"
n 1: a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from
the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century
2: a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually
smoked; often served on a bread roll [syn: frank,
frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wiener,
wienerwurst, weenie]
v 1: stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing
[syn: postmark, frank]
2: exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from
customs or other checks
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lank
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adj 1: long and thin and often limp; "grown lank with fasting";
"lank mousy hair"
2: long and lean [syn: lank, spindly]
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plank
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n 1: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of
sizes and used for many purposes [syn: board, plank]
2: an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
v 1: cover with planks; "The streets were planked" [syn:
plank, plank over]
2: set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise;
"He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into
the sofa" [syn: plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk,
plump down, plunk down, plump]
3: cook and serve on a plank; "Planked vegetable"; "Planked
shad"
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prank
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n 1: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery,
clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank]
2: a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement [syn:
antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on]
v 1: dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking
the lawn"
2: dress up showily; "He pranked himself out in his best
clothes"
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riverbank
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n 1: the bank of a river [syn: riverbank, riverside]
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sandbank
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n 1: a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be
exposed at low tide
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shank
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n 1: a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the
upper part of the leg
2: the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
3: cylinder forming a long narrow part of something [syn:
shank, stem]
4: cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and
the head
5: cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the
drill
6: the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide
part of the sole [syn: shank, waist]
7: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock
in hoofed mammals [syn: cannon, shank]
8: a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the
ball
v 1: hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball
to veer in the wrong direction
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spank
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n 1: a slap with the flat of the hand
v 1: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: spank,
paddle, larrup]
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swank
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adj 1: imposingly fashionable and elegant; "a swank apartment"
[syn: swank, swanky]
n 1: elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic,
chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness,
stylishness, swank, last word]
v 1: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he
showed off his new sports car" [syn: flaunt, flash,
show off, ostentate, swank]
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tank
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n 1: an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and
moves on caterpillar treads [syn: tank, army tank,
armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle]
2: a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or
liquids [syn: tank, storage tank]
3: as much as a tank will hold [syn: tank, tankful]
4: a freight car that transports liquids or gases in bulk [syn:
tank car, tank]
5: a cell for violent prisoners [syn: cooler, tank]
v 1: store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it
2: consume excessive amounts of alcohol
3: treat in a tank; "tank animal refuse"
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thank
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v 1: express gratitude or show appreciation to [syn: thank,
give thanks]
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yank
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n 1: an American who lives in the North (especially during the
American Civil War) [syn: Yankee, Yank, Northerner]
2: an American (especially to non-Americans) [syn: Yankee,
Yank, Yankee-Doodle]
v 1: pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle
and jerked the door open" [syn: yank, jerk]
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planck
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n 1: German physicist whose explanation of blackbody radiation
in the context of quantized energy emissions initiated
quantum theory (1858-1947) [syn: Planck, Max Planck,
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck]
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bonk
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v 1: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in
the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with,
get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate,
have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw,
fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a
go at it, bang, get it on, bonk]
2: hit hard [syn: sock, bop, whop, whap, bonk, bash]
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bundesbank
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n 1: the central bank of Germany
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burbank
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n 1: United States horticulturist who developed many new
varieties of fruits and vegetables and flowers (1849-1926)
[syn: Burbank, Luther Burbank]
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banc
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drank
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sank
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shrank
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stank
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banke
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banque
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interbank
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clydebank
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stopbank
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