VERB | stative | embank | enclose with banks, as for support or protection |
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Meaning | enclose with banks, as for support or protection. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The river was embanked with a dyke" | |
Broader | enclose, hold in, confine | Close in |
Nouns | embankment | a long artificial mound of stone or earth |
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