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banks up

banks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bank up.

Meaning of bank up

Verb

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

  1. To press a mound of something against something else.
  2. To make a mound to guard against something.
  3. (intransitive) To bank (form a bank; gather in masses).
    • Next, heavy soft clouds, banking up till the sky becomes overcast, are recorded, easily recognised by their lowering appearance, due to the dampness of the air, which also causes them to reflect the glare of large fires or the lights of cities[…]1893, Henry Newton Dickson, Meteorology: The Elements of Weather and Climate, page 10
    Synonyms:
    fortify

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What is banks up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Banks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of bank up.

Words near banks up in the dictionary

  1. Banks Island
  2. Banks Islands
  3. banks of issue
  4. banks on
  5. Banks Peninsula
  6. banks up
  7. Banks' brown
  8. Banks' browns
  9. Banks-Zaks fixed point
  10. banksall
  11. banksalls

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