bank-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: tip or move laterally (as an airplane)

Commentary: Watch for adjectival uses in all senses; tag 'X'.

Examples:
He banked the glider thirty meters from the volcano wall.
He banked the flying wing through the burning blue reaches of air.
Tony Voce banked the puck off the leg of Drew MacIntyre.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: bank.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: do business with a bank

Examples:
If the $20 is banked, the expected amount accrued will be over $100.
What would happen if I banked a fraudulent check?
Which rappers banked the biggest bucks in 2006?
Before you begin to bank on-line, make sure the site is legitimate.
Will you bank with your mobile phone?

Mappings:
VerbNet: pocket-9.10
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: bank.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 5, 6

Sense Number 3: cover with ashes to control the rate of burning

Examples:
The maid has banked the fire for the night.
I banked the fire for the return trip.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7

Sense Number 4: have confidence in; rely on

Commentary: Includes BANK ON

Examples:
Don't bank on me for the first week.
You can bank on your voice in a job interview.
Can you bank on reincarnation?

Mappings:
VerbNet: rely-70
FrameNet: Reliance_on_expectation
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8

Sense Number 5: create or attach to an embankment

Examples:
Could you bank earth around this wall?
He banked the pontoon and climbed ashore.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: bank.03
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 6: GAMBLING: act as the banker in a game

Examples:
He was a slick dealer and he sometimes banked the game if he could afford it.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4