| tank | |
| 1. n. A closed container for liquids or gases. | |
| 2. n. An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids. | |
| 3. n. A pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial. | |
| 4. n. The fuel reservoir of a vehicle. | |
| 5. n. The amount held by a container; a tankful. | |
| I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York. | |
| 6. n. An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks. | |
| 7. n. (Australian and Indian English) A reservoir or dam. | |
| 8. n. (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. n. (Southwestern US, chiefly Texas) By extension a small pond for the same purpose. | |
| 10. n. (slang) A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank. | |
| 11. n. (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 t | |
| 12. n. (US, slang) A prison cell, or prison generally. | |
| 13. v. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet. | |
| 14. v. (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. | |
| 15. v. To put fuel into a tank. | |
| 16. v. To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage. | |
| 17. v. (fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt. | |
| 18. n. A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight. | |
| 19. n. A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls. | |
