| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To contain or hold.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb embank.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (embank) | 1. Enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The river was embanked with a dyke".[Wordnet]. 2. To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: embanking, embanked, embanks, embanker, embankers, embankingly and embankedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "EMBANKING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1788. (references) |
