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1.A 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.
- The other room was a kitchen, with an open fireplace, a safe, a dresser and a tin sink, with a tap from the tank outside.
2.An 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.A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).
- The tanks are full and the grass is high.
4.The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
- We have brought the van to a garage after we found a leak in the tank.

1.To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
- He told me about all the odd jobs he'd taken after I was born, when Michigan's economy was tanking. For one, he crisscrossed the Midwest buying old carpets from dentists' offices.
2.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.To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
4.To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
- Concrete below ground must be fully tanked to prevent water uptake.
- Sometimes oils are tanked for months or years at a time (e.g., linseed oil).

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From Portuguese tanque (“tank, liquid container”), from an Indo-Aryan language, likely Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī, “cistern”) or Marathi टांकी (ṭāṅkī).