HyperDic: embank

English > 1 sense of the word embank:
VERBstativeembankenclose with banks, as for support or protection
English > embank: 1 sense > verb 1, stative
Meaningenclose with banks, as for support or protection.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Example"The river was embanked with a dyke"
Broaderenclose, hold in, confineClose in
Nounsembankmenta long artificial mound of stone or earth

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