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Embank

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To confine, support, or protect with an embankment.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To inclose with a bank; furnish with an embankment; defend or strengthen by banks, mounds, or dikes; bank up.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. enclose with banks, as for support or protection

Word Usage

"But since the embank court has already said 10-2 that they're not going to give relief -- and there's nothing really new here -- I mean, it's conceivable that they could get the two judges that dissented and get a 2-1 decision."

Verb Form

embanked embanking embanks

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

enclose hold in confine

Form

embanked embanking