1. to enclose or protect with a bank or embankment
2. to form into a bank or mound

Examples

• The engineers decided to embank the river to prevent flooding.
• Workers will embank the roadway with stone and concrete.
• The city plans to embank the waterfront for protection.
• They embanked the garden with raised soil beds.
• The construction crew embanked the hillside to create a level foundation.
• Farmers often embank their fields to control water flow.