🛢️ A large container 🪖 An armored vehicle 📉 To fail badly 🚔 A holding cell 🛡️ A damage absorber 🛢️ To store 🍻 To drink heavily

to tank

1 3.0

To put a liquid into a large container for storage

verb
/tæŋk/

: almacenar en tanques

Both women are tanking up on coffee, and I am intrigued that Grandma cuts hers with cold water dipped from the sink bucket.
tank enough fuel

Examples

But for us to do that, we have to really deeply tank on what we are.
And when your fuel runs low, you got to actually go to the filling station or the charging station to tank up, fill up on your, your, your fuel for your car.
Using the energy efficiency figures available there and information on state and federal tax breaks, it's easy to see that fueling an electric car is much cheaper than tanking up with gasoline.

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Time to tank up the petroleum reserve and backstop our oil industry and establish favorable conditions for alternate energy. Price collapses are not in the interests of producers or consumers.

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Before heading out on the boat trip, we need to tank up the fuel to ensure we have enough for the journey.
The workers will tank the water into the large storage containers for distribution later.
He stopped at the gas station to tank up before continuing his long drive across the country.

Synonyms

to bottle

vsto tank

87 1.6

To put liquid into bottles for sale or storage

stores liquids in bulk by flowing into a large fixed container

to barrel

vsto tank

1 4.8

To put things into a large round container to keep or move them

stores materials in bulk by flowing into a large fixed container

Idioms

in the tank

Informal

10 9.6

In a very weak or failing state, often financially

Phrasal Verbs

to empty the tank

1 3.9

Remove all fuel or other liquid from a tank until it is empty

to empty the tank

Informal

1 5.1

Use all your energy in a final effort until you have none left

to buay tank

Slang

9.9

To do very badly at something, often said jokingly

Compounds

think tank

78 4.1

A group of experts who study public problems and give advice to governments and others

gas tank

41 1.8

A container on a car or bike that holds fuel for the engine

tank top

31 1.3

A tight shirt without sleeves that has wide shoulder straps

fish tank

26 1.5

A glass box that holds water for keeping live fish

water tank

16 1.9

A container that holds water for flushing a toilet

septic tank

13 4.3

An underground tank where bacteria break down sewage and solids before they drain away

storage tank

9 3.1

A large container that holds liquids like water in factories or farms

army tank

Specialized

3 3.5

A heavy armored vehicle with a large gun that moves on tracks and fights in war

Abrams tank

3 4.8

A large American battle vehicle used by the army with thick armor and a powerful gun

tank shell

Specialized

2 6.2

A metal explosive shot from a tank's main gun

tank water

1 2.7

Water kept in an aquarium or tank for fish and plants

tank driver

1 4.2

A soldier who controls a military tank

hot-water tank

1 2.4

A container that heats and holds hot water for a building

tank truck

Specialized

1 3.4

A large vehicle with a tank that carries liquids or gases on roads

tank farm

Specialized

1 5.1

An area of land where large metal containers store oil or other liquids

gasoline tank

1 2.5

A part of a vehicle that holds gasoline for the engine

tank car

Specialized

1 4.0

A train car that carries large amounts of liquids or gases

tank destroyer

Archaic

1 8.1

A light military vehicle with a strong anti-tank gun that stops enemy tanks

tank engine

Archaic

1 5.0

A steam train that carries its own fuel and water without another car behind it

tank suit

1 3.2

A one-piece bathing suit for women with shoulder straps and no skirt

petrol tank

1 2.7

A container in a vehicle that holds petrol or gasoline for the engine

water tank truck

1 3.2

A big vehicle with a tank that carries and sprays water

tank ship

Specialized

1 4.7

A large ship that carries liquids like oil in large amounts

tank furnace

Specialized

1 7.5

A large oven that melts raw materials so liquid glass comes out the other end

vintage tank

1 7.6

An old military tank that collectors like

tank farming

Specialized

1 5.2

A way of growing plants in water with plant food

tank iron

Specialized

9.9

A strong metal plate used to make tanks and other containers

tank locomotive

Archaic

8.0

A steam engine that carries its own fuel and water so it needs no separate car

tank circuit

Specialized

7.2

An electric circuit with a coil and a capacitor that makes or picks an electrical signal at a specific frequency

How Much

stockpile

49 4.2

to tank

1 3.0

to fill

∞ 1.0

to pour

788 1.0

drip

85 1.0

Surface Forms

tank infinitive

tanked past

tanked past participle

tanking present participle

tanks third person singular

Etymology

Tank The verb tank (to put a liquid into a tank) simply comes from the noun tank meaning a container, so to tank something is to put it into a big storage container.