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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

Source Word

embank

Verb

to throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone

Japanese Meaning

土手や石垣などを盛り上げて、囲い込んだり守ったりするための防御壁を築くこと

They decided to embank the riverbank to protect the village from flooding.

彼らは村を洪水から守るために川沿いに堤防を築くことにした。

Sense（1）

to throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone

embanks

（ present singular third-person ）

embanking

（ participle present ）

embanked

（ participle past ）

embanked

（ past ）