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1.nounA closed container for liquids or gases.
2.nounAn open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
3.nounA pond, pool, or small lake, natural or artificial.
4.nounThe fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
5.nounThe amount held by a container; a tankful."I burned three tanks of gas on the drive to New York."
6.nounAn armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
7.noun(Australian and Indian English) A reservoir or dam.
8.nounA large metal container for holding drinking water for animals, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.
9.nounBy extension a small pond for the same purpose.
10.nounA very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
11.nounA 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.nounA prison cell, or prison generally.
13.nounA metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
14.verbTo fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
15.verbTo 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.
16.verbTo put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
17.verbTo deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
18.verbTo resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
19.verbTo contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.