tank

Definition

  • n. an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
  • n. a large (usually metallic) vessel for holding gases or liquids
  • n. as much as a tank will hold
  • v. store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it

Word forms

Present participle
tanking
Past tense
tanked
Third person singular
tanks
Past participle
tanked

Example sentences

  1. n.

    The fish swam happily in the large tank filled with clean water.

  2. vt.

    We need to tank the water before the storm arrives.