I. noun
1.
Synonyms: pile 1, drift, heap, hill, mass, mound, mountain, mow, pyramid, stack
Related Word: snowbank, snowdrift; cloudage, fogbank
2.
Synonyms: shore , beach, coast, strand
Related Word: bankside, levee, riverfront, streamside; lakefront, lakeshore, lakeside, margin; oceanfront, seabank, seabeach, seaboard, seafront, sea frontage, sea line, sea sands, shingle
Idioms: water's edge
II. verb
Synonyms: heap 1, cock, drift, hill, mound, pile, stack
Related Word: compact, concentrate
III. verb
to place money in a bank
banks half his paycheck every week
Synonyms: deposit
Related Word: invest, lay aside, lay away, salt away, salt down, save, set aside, sock away; cache, coffer, hoard, squirrel (away), stash
Contrasted words: draw out, take out, withdraw; disburse, expend, fork (over or out), lay out, pay (out), spend