steep bank

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• bank — I n. financial establishment 1) to charter; establish a bank 2) a central; commercial; credit; drive in; land; national, people s, state; merchant (BE); reserve; savings bank 3) a bank closes, collapses, fails 4) at, in a bank (she works at/in a… …   Combinatory dictionary

• bank — bank1 [ bæŋk ] noun count *** 1. ) a financial institution that people or businesses can keep their money in or borrow money from: Marge works at Bank of America. a New York investment bank a ) an office of a bank: I need to go to the bank this… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bank — I UK [bæŋk] / US noun [countable] Word forms bank : singular bank plural banks *** 1) a financial institution that people or businesses can keep their money in or borrow money from. The main banks used by ordinary people are called high street… …   English dictionary

• bank*/*/*/ — [bæŋk] noun [C] I 1) a financial institution where people can keep their money, or can borrow money I need to go to the bank this morning.[/ex] 2) a raised sloping area of land, for example along the side of a river We climbed a steep bank.[/ex]… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• steep — steep1 [stēp] adj. [ME < OE steap, lofty, high, akin to OFris steep, MHG stouf, cliff (as in Ger Hohenstaufen) < IE * steup < base * (s)teu , to strike, butt > STOCK, STUB, L tundere, to strike] 1. having a sharp rise or highly… …   English World dictionary

• bank — bank1 [baŋk] n. [ME banke < MFr banque < OIt banca, orig., table, moneylenders exchange table < OHG bank, bench: see BANK2] 1. an establishment for receiving, keeping, lending, or, sometimes, issuing money, and making easier the exchange …   English World dictionary

• Bank — (b[a^][ng]k), n. [OE. banke; akin to E. bench, and prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. bakki. See {Bench}.] 1. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bank beaver — Bank Bank (b[a^][ng]k), n. [OE. banke; akin to E. bench, and prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. bakki. See {Bench}.] 1. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bank swallow — Bank Bank (b[a^][ng]k), n. [OE. banke; akin to E. bench, and prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. bakki. See {Bench}.] 1. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Bank Road — is a road in Matlock, Derbyshire which runs from Crown Square up Matlock Bank, a steep hill which gives the road its name, to Wellington Street. Although many consider the whole incline to be Bank Road, beyond Smedley Street, just over half way… …   Wikipedia

• steep — steep1 [ stip ] adjective ** 1. ) a steep slope rises quickly and is difficult to climb: a steep slope/hill/bank/path It was a steep climb out of the valley. a ) a steep drop or fall is sudden and nearly VERTICAL: Suddenly the plane pitched… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English