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Definition tank

Etymology 1

From Portuguese tanque (“tank, liquid container”), originally from Indian vernacular for a large artificial water reservoir, cistern, pool, etc., for example, Gujarati ????? (???k?) or Marathi ???? (??k?). Compare the Arabic verb ????????????‎ (istanqa?a, “to become stagnant, to stagnate”).

In the sense of armoured vehicle, to disguise their nature, prototypes were described as tanks for carrying water [from 1915] as well as physical resemblance.

Noun

tank (plural tanks)

1. A closed container for liquids or gases.
2. An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
3. A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
4. The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
5. The amount held by a container; a tankful.
6. An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
7. (Australian and Indian English) A reservoir or dam.
8. (Southwestern US, chiefly Texas) A large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.
9. (Southwestern US, chiefly Texas) By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
10. (slang) A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
11. (role-playing games, board games, video games) a unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks)
12. (US, slang) A prison cell, or prison generally.

Verb

tank (third-person singular simple present tanks, present participle tanking, simple past and past participle tanked)

1. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
2. (video games) To attract the attacks of an enemy target in cooperative team-based combat, so that one's teammates can defeat the enemy in question more efficiently.
3. (transitive) To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
4. To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
5. (fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.

Etymology 2

Noun

tank (plural tanks)

1. A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
2. A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.

Etymology 3

Verb

tank (third-person singular simple present tanks, present participle tanking, simple past and past participle tanked)

1. (Singapore, informal) To stand; to tolerate.

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