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unbanking

unbanking is the present participle and gerund of unbank.

Meaning of unbank

Verb (1)

unbank (third-person singular simple present unbanks, present participle unbanking, simple past and past participle unbanked)

  1. Synonym of debank
    • We must..use a bank to unbank the banks, to the extent that may be necessary.1834, J. C. Calhoun, Works (1874), volume 2, page 363
    Synonyms:
    debank

Verb (2)

unbank (third-person singular simple present unbanks, present participle unbanking, simple past and past participle unbanked)

  1. (transitive) To remove a bank (slope) or barrier from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank.
    • We may forget them, ay forget the world,
      Its cares, its kingdoms, and unbank the hours1842, Henry Taylor, Edwin the Fair
  2. (transitive) To make (a fire) burn up by raking off the ashes from the top, opening draughts, etc.

Questions about unbanking

What is unbanking the present participle and gerund of?
Unbanking is the present participle and gerund of unbank.

Words near unbanking in the dictionary

  1. unbanishes
  2. unbanishing
  3. unbank
  4. unbankable
  5. unbanked
  6. unbanking
  7. unbankrupt
  8. unbankruptable
  9. unbankrupted
  10. unbanks
  11. unbannable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unbanking (page history and authors); unbank (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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