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bank up en · VERB
Pronunciation
Meanings
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To press a mound of something against something else.
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To make a mound to guard against something.
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(intransitive, of clouds) To bank (form a bank; gather in masses).
Then turning: "There'll be more rain," he said, "you can see the clouds banking up to the North-West, larger than these."
1920, Elliot Lovegood Grant Watson, Deliverance, page 143:Next, heavy soft clouds, banking up till the sky becomes overcast, are recorded, easily recognised by their lowering appearance, due to the dampness of the air, which also causes them to reflect the glare of large fires or the lights of cities[…]
1893, Henry Newton Dickson, Meteorology: The Elements of Weather and Climate, page 10:... ominous clouds banking up and darkening the sky behind them.
2022 September 16, Boyd Cable, Front Lines, DigiCat:
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Synonyms
fortify