Definition of embank Embank

em•bank

We found 5 definitions of embank from 5 different sources.

What does embank mean?

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Verb

embanks, embanking, embanked

embank - enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The river was embanked with a dyke"

hold in, enclose, confine surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"

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embank (Verb)
To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

embank (v. t.)
To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

embank
em-bangk′, v.t. to enclose or defend with a bank or dike.—n. Embank′ment, the act of embanking: a bank or mound made to keep water within certain limits: a mound constructed so as to carry a level road or railway over a low-lying place. [Coined from em, in, and bank.]

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embank, verb, present, 1st person singular of embank (infinitive).
embank, verb (infinitive).

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