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embank
[ em-bangk ]
embank
/ ɪmˈbæŋk /
verb
- tr to protect, enclose, or confine (a waterway, road, etc) with an embankment
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- unem·banked adjective
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Example Sentences
A few attempts had been made to deepen and embank the natural streams, but with slender success.
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If you were to embank Lincolnshire now,—more stoutly against the sea?
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If you were to embank Lincolnshire more stoutly against the sea?
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