Толковый словарь английского языка - tank
Tank
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I. noun see: stanch Date: 1609 pond , pool , a usually large receptacle for holding, transporting, or storing liquids (as water or fuel), an enclosed heavily armed and armored combat vehicle that moves on tracks, a prison cell or enclosure used especially for receiving prisoners, ~ top , ~ful noun ~like adjective II. verb Date: 1863 transitive verb to place, store, or treat in a ~, to make no effort to win ; lose intentionally , intransitive verb to lose intentionally ; give up in competition, to suffer rapid decline, failure, or collapse
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n. & v. --n. 1 a large receptacle or storage chamber usu. for liquid or gas. 2 a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a tracked carriage. 3 a container for the fuel supply in a motor vehicle. 4 the part of a locomotive tender containing water for the boiler. 5 a Ind. & Austral. a reservoir. b dial. esp. US a pond. --v. (usu. foll. by up) esp. Brit. 1 tr. fill the tank of (a vehicle etc.) with fuel. 2 intr. & colloq. tr. (in passive) drink heavily; become drunk. Phrases and idioms tank engine a railway engine carrying fuel and water receptacles in its own frame, not in a tender. tank-farming the practice of growing plants in tanks of water without soil. tank top a sleeveless, close-fitting upper garment with a scoop-neck. Derivatives tankful n. (pl. -fuls). tankless adj. Etymology: Gujurati tankh etc., perh. f. Skr. tadaga pond ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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