Crossword clues for embank
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Embank
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.
Wiktionary
embank
vb. to throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone
WordNet
embank
v. enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The river was embanked with a dyke"
Usage examples of "embank".
It was embanked and neatly ditched, raising it a little above the soft black earth of the cornfields tasseling out around them and the cassava patches, vegetable gardens, groves.
No deepening, embanking, straightening, canalization of the river is to be permanently effective until all danger of flood can be removed.