Meaning

2 senses

  1. To put up a bank so as to confine or to defend

  2. To protect by a bank of earth or stone

More definitions
  • enclose with banks, as for support or protection

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Maybe you embank it.

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Forms

embanks, embanking, embanked, embanked
Base formembank · to embank
3rd person singularembanks
Present participleembanking
Past simpleembanked
Past participleembanked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyembank
he, she, itembanks

Past simpleLesson

all personsembanked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave embanked
he, she, ithas embanked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill embank

Word family

2 related words
Relatedembankment
Derivedembanker

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
emancipateemancipationembalmembankmentembargoembarkC1
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