Tank

Noun

 * 1) A container for liquids or gases, typically with a volume of several cubic metres.
 * 2) An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun in a turret, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
 * 3) (Australian and Indian English), a reservoir or dam.
 * 4) (American SouthWest English, esp Texas), a large metal container, usually placed near a wind-driven water pump, in an animal pen or field.  By extension a small pond for the same purpose.
 * 5)  A very muscular and physically imposing person. Somebody who is built like a tank.
 * 6) In USA scuba divers' usage, a compressed air or gas cylinder.
 * 7)  In online and offline role-playing games, a character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy with offensive power as a close secondary consideration.

Verb

 * 1) To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
 * 2) (Video game jargon) 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 put fuel into a tank
 * 4) To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.

Adjectives for Tank

 * (General) special; septic; large; spacious; clogged; rusty; useful.

Verbs for Tank

 * (Military) armor—; bullet-proof—; construct—; convert into—; design— evade—; man—; mount— propel—; surrender—; turret—; —attacks —bombards; —caterpillars; —climbs; —crushes; —disperses; —lumbers; —negotiates; —repels; —rolls; —rumbles; —wheels.

Synonyms for Tank

 * battle tank, combat tank, armour, tango

Hypernyms

 * armoured fighting vehicle, armored fighting vehicle, AFV, armoured combat vehicle, armored combat vehicle

Hyponyms

 * infantry tank, cavalry tank , fast tank , cruiser tank , tankette , light tank, medium tank, heavy tank, main battle tank, MBT, flame tank, flamethrower tank

Coordinate terms

 * armoured car, armoured train, armoured personnel carrier, armored personnel carrier, APC, infantry fighting vehicle, IFV, self-propelled gun, tank destroyer, assault gun

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