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embank
(encz) | embank,regulovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Embank
(gcide) | 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.
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embank
(wn) | embank
v 1: enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The
river was embanked with a dyke" |
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embankment
(mass) | embankment
- nábrežie, hrádza |
embankment
(encz) | embankment,nábřeží n: embankment,navážka [stav.] Oldřich Švec |
protective embankment
(encz) | protective embankment, n: |
Embank
(gcide) | 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.
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Embanked
(gcide) | 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.
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Embanking
(gcide) | 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]Embar \Em*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Embanking.] [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf.
Embargo.]
1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars.
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Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall.
--Spenser.
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2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.
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He embarred all further trade. --Bacon.
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Embankment
(gcide) | Embankment \Em*bank"ment\, n.
1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
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2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent
water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain
water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.
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embankment
(wn) | embankment
n 1: a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold
back water or to support a road or as protection |
protective embankment
(wn) | protective embankment
n 1: a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification [syn:
escarpment, escarp, scarp, protective embankment] |
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