embank

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embank - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

embank - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  embank
      v 1: enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The
           river was embanked with a dyke"