I. FINANCE AND STORAGE
(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is an institution where people or businesses can keep their money.
Which ~ offers you the service that best suits your financial needs?...
I had ?10,000 in the ~.
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2.
A ~ is a building where a ~ offers its services.
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3.
If you ~ money, you pay it into a ~.
Once you have registered your particulars with an agency and it has ~ed your cheque, the process begins.
VERB: V n
4.
If you ~ with a particular ~, you have an account with that ~.
My husband has ~ed with the Co-op since before the war.
VERB: V with n
5.
You use ~ to refer to a store of something. For example, a blood ~ is a store of blood that is kept ready for use.
...Britain’s National Police Computer, one of the largest data ~s in the world.
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II. AREAS AND MASSES
(~s)
1.
The ~s of a river, canal, or lake are the raised areas of ground along its edge.
...30 miles of new developments along both ~s of the Thames.
...an old warehouse on the ~s of a canal.
= side
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2.
A ~ of ground is a raised area of it with a flat top and one or two sloping sides.
...resting indolently upon a grassy ~.
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3.
A ~ of something is a long high mass of it.
On their journey south they hit a ~ of fog off the north-east coast of Scotland.
N-COUNT: N of n
4.
A ~ of things, especially machines, switches, or dials, is a row of them, or a series of rows.
The typical laborer now sits in front of a ~ of dials.
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5.
see also ~ed
III. OTHER VERB USES
(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
When an aircraft ~s, one of its wings rises higher than the other, usually when it is changing direction.
A plane took off and ~ed above the highway in front of him.
VERB: V