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banked

/bæŋkt/

banked is the simple past and past participle of bank.

Adjective

banked

  1. Piled high.
    • He tripped and fell on the banked corners of the road.
  2. Of a cheque, deposited in a bank.
  3. Having a bank (financial institution).
    • unbanked and inadequately banked rural areas
  4. Having a bank or row.
    • a single-banked boat, having only one bank of oars

Meaning of bank

Verb (1)

bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked)

  1. (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
    • He banked with Barclays.
  2. (transitive) To put into a bank (financial institution).
    • I’m going to bank the money.
  3. (transitive) To store in a bank (storage).
    • the procurement, banking or transplantation of cadaveric organs, eyes, or tissue2013 March, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HIPAA Administrative Simplification
  4. (slang, transitive) To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.
    • Johnny banked some coke for me.
  5. (transitive) To provide banking services to.
    • They proposed an ambitious plan to bank people in remote rural communities.

Verb (2)

bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked)

  1. (intransitive) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.

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Words formed from banked

Phrases with banked

Words that rhyme with banked

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Questions about banked

What does banked mean?
Banked means piled high.
What is banked the simple past and past participle of?
Banked is the simple past and past participle of bank.
What part of speech is banked?
Banked is an adjective.
How do you pronounce banked?
Banked is pronounced /bæŋkt/.

Words near banked in the dictionary

  1. bankbook
  2. bankbooks
  3. bankcard
  4. bankcards
  5. banke
  6. banked
  7. banked on
  8. banked slalom
  9. banked up
  10. Bankend
  11. banker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: banked (page history and authors); bank (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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