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ALL meanings of tank

tank
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  • verb with object tank to put or store in a tank. 2
  • noun tank storage container for liquids 1
  • noun tank fish tank 1
  • noun tank military: armed vehicle 1
  • noun tank amount held in a tank 1
  • intransitive verb tank go down quickly 1
  • intransitive verb tank fail, do badly 1
  • transitive verb tank sport: lose deliberately 1
  • noun tank a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas: tanks for storing oil. 1
  • noun tank a natural or artificial pool, pond, or lake. 1
  • noun tank Military. an armored, self-propelled combat vehicle, armed with cannon and machine guns and moving on a caterpillar tread. 1
  • noun tank Slang. a prison cell or enclosure for more than one occupant, as for prisoners awaiting a hearing. 1
  • noun tank tank top. 1
  • verb without object tank Slang. to do poorly or decline rapidly; fail: The movie tanked at the box office. 1
  • idioms tank go in / into the tank, Boxing Slang. to go through the motions of a match but deliberately lose because of an illicit prearrangement or fix; throw a fight. 1
  • idioms tank in the tank, Slang. failing, doing poorly, or declining: His grades were in the tank last quarter. favoring, colluding, or assisting in a partisan way (often followed by with or for): The talk-show host was in the tank with the Green Party. 1
  • countable noun tank A tank is a large container for holding liquid or gas. 0
  • countable noun tank A tank of a liquid or gas is an amount of it contained in a tank. 0
  • countable noun tank A tank is a large military vehicle that is equipped with weapons and moves along on metal tracks that are fitted over the wheels. 0
  • noun tank a large container or reservoir for the storage of liquids or gases 0
  • noun tank an armoured combat vehicle moving on tracks and armed with guns, etc, originally developed in World War I 0
  • noun tank (as modifier) 0
  • noun tank a reservoir, lake, or pond 0
  • noun tank a light-tight container inside which a film can be processed in daylight, the solutions and rinsing waters being poured in and out without light entering 0
  • noun tank any large dish or container used for processing a number of strips or sheets of film 0
  • noun tank a jail 0
  • noun tank a jail cell 0
  • noun tank the quantity contained in a tank 0
  • noun tank a dam formed by excavation 0
  • verb tank to put or keep in a tank 0
  • verb tank to move like a tank, esp heavily and rapidly 0
  • verb tank to defeat heavily 0
  • verb tank to fail, esp commercially 0
  • noun tank in India, a natural or artificial pool or pond used for water storage 0
  • noun tank any large container for liquid or gas 0
  • noun tank tank top 0
  • noun tank tank suit 0
  • noun tank a heavily armored, self-propelled combat vehicle armed with guns and moving on full tractor treads 0
  • noun tank a jail cell, esp. one for new prisoners charged with misdemeanors 0
  • verb transitive tank to put, store, or process in a tank 0
  • verb transitive tank to lose (a game, match, etc.) deliberately or due to a lack of effort 0
  • intransitive verb tank to fail or go into a sharp decline 0
  • intransitive verb tank to lose, esp. as a result of a lack of effort 0
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