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Meaning of bank up | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To press a mound of something against something else.
  2. To make a mound to guard against something.
  3. To bank (form a bank; gather in masses).

Examples

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[…]”
Then turning: "There'll be more rain," he said, "you can see the clouds banking up to the North-West, larger than these."”
“... ominous clouds banking up and darkening the sky behind them.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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