embank : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: embank	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for embank
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
embank v enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The river was embanked with a dyke"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Embank \Em*bank"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embanked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embanking}.] [Pref. em- + bank. Cf. {Imbank}.] To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.