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Definition: EMBANK |
EMBANKTransitive verb1. To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone. |
Date "EMBANK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Note: Embank \Em*bank"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Embanked; present participle verb or noun Embanking.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: EMBANK |
| English words defined with "EMBANK": Embanked, Embanking ♦ Imbank. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "EMBANK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rrethoj me ledh (bank). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | طوق بسد (dike, dyke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | укрепявам (bank, entrench, fortify, secure, strengthen, truss), правя насип (escarp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | sevřít do břehù. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bedýken (dam in, dam up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | interdigigi (dam in, dam up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pengertää (bank up, terrace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | encercler par une berge. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | eindämmen (check, confine, contain, dam, dam up, dike, dyke, hold off, levee, stem, to dam up, to embank, to stem). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | περιχώνω. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gáttal körülvesz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menahan dengan tanggul. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | arginare (bank, bay, dam, dike, dyke, levee, stem). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | troggal cleih rish, cur cleih mygeayrt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | embankay embalsamação, represar (dam, dam up, impound, pondage), aterrar (bank, cover, frighten, ground, grounding, land, overawe, reclaim, scare, terrify, terrorize, to go down, to land). (various references) zãgãzui (bank, dam, restrain, stem), stãvili (arrest, bar, barricade, block, dam up, delay, dike, hinder, quench, refrain, restrain, retain, retard, shut, slacken, slug, stem), rambleia (bank), îndigui (bank, dike, levee, stem). (various references) защищать насыпью. (various references) napraviti nasip. (various references) hacer un terraplén. (various references) สร้างเขื่อนไปตามถนน, คลองหรืออา"าบริเว"อื่น. (various references) toprak setle çevrelemek, toprak set çekmek. (various references) захищати насипом. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "EMBANK": embanked, embanking, embankment, embankments, embanks. (additional references) | |
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"EMBANK" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eabani, ebunk, embaek, Erbani, Penbank. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-k-m-n" | |
-2 letters: amen, bake, bane, bank, beak, beam, bean, bema, kame, kane, mabe, make, mane, mean, nabe, name, nema. | |
-3 letters: ane, bam, ban, ben, kab, kae, kea, ken, mae, man, men, nab, nae, nam, neb. | |
-4 letters: ab, ae, am, an, ba, be, em, en, ka, ma, me, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-k-m-n" | |
+1 letter: embanks. | |
+2 letters: brakeman, brakemen, bunkmate, embanked. | |
+3 letters: benchmark, bunkmates, embanking, embarking. | |
+4 letters: benchmarks, embankment, embarkment, mountebank. | |
+5 letters: embankments, embarkation, embarkments, mountebanks, reembarking. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 4D 42 41 4E 4B |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -- -... .- -. -.- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01001101 01000010 01000001 01001110 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E M B A N K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 004D 0042 0041 004E 004B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)394736354845 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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