a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
friendly and pleasant; "a sociable gathering"
inclined to or conducive to companionship with others; "a sociable occasion"; "enjoyed a sociable chat"; "a sociable conversation"; "Americans are sociable and gregarious"
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others; "rural people show more devotion and unselfishness than do their urban cousins"
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal); "comfortable clothes"; "comfortable suburban houses"; "made himself comfortable in an armchair"; "the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable"; "are you comfortable?"; "feeling comfy now?"
free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind; "was settled in a comfortable job, one for which he was well prepared"; "the comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong"; "was comfortable in his religious beliefs"; "she's a comfortable person to be with"; "she felt comfortable with her fiance's parents"
in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich; "they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards"; "easy living"; "a prosperous family"; "his family is well-situated financially"; "well-to-do members of the community"
sufficient to provide comfort; "a comfortable salary"
more than adequate; "the home team had a comfortable lead"
a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank"
a building in which the business of banking transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"
an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches"
a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water); "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents"
a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"
a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire"
enclose with a bank; "bank roads"
tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
be in the banking business
act as the banker in a game or in gambling
do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where do you bank in this town?"