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Nouns (24)

bank

n. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches"

bank

n. a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"

bank

n. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"

bank

n. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

construction, building

n. the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"

construction, building

n. the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"

building, edifice

n. a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"

bank

n. a building in which the business of banking transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"

bank, side

n. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water); "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents"

bank, money box, savings bank, coin bank

n. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty"

bank, depository financial institution, banking company, banking concern

n. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home"

camber, bank, cant

n. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

Verbs (12)

bank

v. be in the banking business

bank, cover with ashes

v. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire"

bank, enclose with a bank

v. enclose with a bank; "bank roads"

bank, tip laterally

v. tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"

deposit, bank

v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"

bank, keep money, have an account

v. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where do you bank in this town?"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (5)

building, heightening

adj. reaching a higher intensity; "their heightening fears"

building, augmentative, augmenting

adj. increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree; "`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'"

Fuzzynyms (109)

hill, hills

n. a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"

mount, mountain

n. a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

rise, ascent, climb, upgrade, acclivity

n. an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"

camber, bank, cant

n. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

side, incline, slope

n. an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"

fund, monetary fund

n. a reserve of money set aside for some purpose

preparation, grooming, training

n. activity leading to skilled behavior

fitting, try-on, trying on

n. putting clothes on to see whether they fit

rehearsal, run through, dry run

n. a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding"

preparation, grooming, training

n. activity leading to skilled behavior

fitting, try-on, trying on

n. putting clothes on to see whether they fit

rehearsal, run through, dry run

n. a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding"

castle, palace

n. a large and stately mansion

palace

n. a large ornate exhibition hall

molding, moulding, border

n. a decorative recessed or relieved surface on an edge

border

n. a strip forming the outer edge of something; "the rug had a wide blue border"

cache

n. a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)

seashore, coast, seacoast

n. the shore of a sea or ocean

shore

n. the land along the edge of a body of water

strand

n. line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable

beach

n. an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake

hill, hills

n. a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"

mount, mountain

n. a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

bank

n. a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"

shore

n. the land along the edge of a body of water

bench, terrace

n. a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)

fix, deposit, pose, posit, situate

v. put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"

collect, hoard, accumulate, amass, pile up, compile

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

precipitate, fall sharply

v. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

precipitate

v. fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin"

save, lay aside, save up

v. feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary"

empty, unload, lade, remove the load from, take the load off

v. take the load off

take out, unpack

v. remove from its packing; "unpack the presents"

gather, collect, congregate

v. collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

pile up, heap up, stack up

v. arrange into piles or stacks; "She piled up her books in my living room"

collect, hoard, accumulate, amass, pile up, compile

v. get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

reserve, earmark, set aside, allow, appropriate

v. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

hold, reserve, retain

v. secure and keep for possible future use or application; "The landlord retained the security deposit"; "I reserve the right to disagree"

save, conserve, preserve

v. to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"

save, spend less

v. spend less; buy at a reduced price

carry, stock, stockpile

v. have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?"

Synonyms (15)

accelerative, acceleratory

adj. tending to increase velocity

accretionary

adj. marked or produced by accretion

accretive

adj. growing by accretion

rising

adj. increasing in amount or degree: "rising prices"

expanding

adj. increasing in size or area or volume or bulk or range: "an expanding universe"; "our expanding work load"

flaring, flared

adj. having a gradual increase in width; "flared nostrils"; "a skirt flaring from the waist"

growing

adj. increasing in size or degree or amount; "her growing popularity"; "growing evidence of a world depression"; "a growing city"; "growing businesses"

incorporative

adj. growing by taking over and incorporating adjacent territories; "the Russian Empire was a typical incorporative state"

lengthening

adj. increasing in length: "the lengthening days of February"

maximizing

adj. making as great as possible

multiplicative

adj. tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree; "the multiplicative tendency of proportional representation"

profit-maximizing

adj. making the profit as great as possible; "the profit-maximizing price"

raising

adj. increasing in quantity or value; "a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"

Antonyms (3)

draw, take out, withdraw

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

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