Ink

Noun



 * 1) A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
 * 2)  A particular type, color or container of this fluid.
 * 3) The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.
 * 4)  publicity
 * The TSA has been getting a lot of ink lately.
 * 1)  tattoo work
 * 2) * 1998, Richard Dooling, Brain storm
 * "I saw it hanging on the wall of a tattoo hut where I went to get some ink done ten years ago," he stuttered, flushing in splotches and squirming in his chair.
 * 1)  cheap red wine

Synonyms

 * ballyhoo, flak, hype, hoopla, plug, spotlight
 * paint

Verb

 * 1)  To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink.
 * 2)  To sign (a document) (with or as if with ink).
 * 3)  To apply a tattoo to (someone).

Synonyms

 * endorse, initial, inscribe, subscribe

Adjectives for Ink
corroding; potent; sympathetic; invisible.

Verbs for Ink
battle with—; blacken with—; blot with—; cloud with—; color with—; dilute—; dip into—; drip—; eject—; expel—; reservoir

Thesaurus
autograph, ballpoint pen, bedarken, besmirch, black, blackboard, blacken, blackwash, blot, blotch, chalk, charcoal, coal, cork, crayon, crow, darken, denigrate, dinge, ebon, ebonize, ebony, eraser, inkhorn, inkstand, inkwell, invisible ink, jet, lead pencil, melanize, murk, nib, night, nigrify, oversmoke, pen, pitch, plume, quill, raven, reed, shade, shadow, signature, slate, sloe, smirch, smoke, smudge, smut, smutch, soot, stencil, style, stylograph, stylus, subscribe, sympathetic ink, table, tablet, tar

Etymology
From enque:, from  encraustum:, from  encauston:, from  kauterion:.

Noun

 * Albanian: bojë
 * Arabic: (ḥibr)
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܕܝܘܬܐ (dyōthā, dyōtho)
 * Hebrew: דיותא (dyōthā, dyōtho)
 * Armenian:
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: чарніла
 * Bulgarian: мастило
 * Catalan: tinta
 * Chinese: 墨水 (mòshuǐ), 墨 (mò)
 * Croatian: tinte
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew: טוש (tush)
 * Hindi: स्याही
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 墨 (すみ, sumi), インク (inku)


 * Khmer: (dteuk kmao)
 * Korean: 잉크
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: atramentum
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: rašalas, tušas
 * Livonian: tint
 * Low German: Black
 * Luhya:
 * Maltese: linka
 * Mongolian: бэх
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: blæc
 * Persian: مر کب
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Santali:
 * Scottish Gaelic: dubh, inc
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: (siraa)
 * Thai: (náam mèuk),  (mèuk)
 * Turkish:
 * Udi:
 * Ukrainian: чорнило
 * Vietnamese: mực


 * Basque:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
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 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
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Verb

 * Dutch:
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: bläcka

Anagrams

 * kin

Related terms

 * India ink, Indian ink
 * inky
 * ink jet


 * inkstand
 * inkwell
 * octopus ink