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1.NounA closed container for liquids or gases."The propane is stored in these tanks.; The tank contains unfiltered water. You really shouldn't drink from that."
2.NounAn open container or pool for storing water or other liquids."The contractors installed a new tank with gorgeous fish and corals.; The ore slurries are directed into an open tank outside the excavation site."
3.NounA pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).
4.NounThe fuel reservoir of a vehicle."We have brought the van to a garage after we found a leak in the tank."
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 designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}"The journalist mistook the self-propelled artillery vehicle for a tank.; Few remember the female tanks that were produced between the World Wars."
7.NounA reservoir or dam.
8.NounA structure of tightly overlapping leaves used by some bromeliads to retain water.
9.NounA very muscular and physically imposing person; somebody who is built like a tank.
10.NounA bouncer or doorman.
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)."The paladin can make for a decent tank, but I recommend that you get a class with better taunting skills."
12.NounA prison cell, or prison generally."drunk tank; The sheriff threw us in the tank without charges!"
13.NounA metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
14.NounEllipsis of tank engine or tank locomotive.
15.NounEllipsis of tank top.
16.AdjectiveThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}."tank beer; tank mix"
17.VerbTo fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
18.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.
19.VerbTo put (fuel, etc.) into a tank."Concrete below ground must be fully tanked to prevent water uptake."
20.VerbTo deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
21.VerbTo resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
22.VerbTo contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
23.VerbTo stand; to tolerate.
24.VerbTo willingly take on an undesirable task or burden.
25.Verb↑ “tank”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
26.NounA small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
27.NounA Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.