Meaning of tank In English

• 0 a container that holds liquid or gas:

  • a water tank

  • a fuel/petrol tank

• 1 a large military fighting vehicle designed to protect those inside it from attack, driven by wheels that turn inside moving metal belts

• 2 an artificial pool or lake, especially a lake for supplying water to an area

• 3 a tank top

• 4 to go down in price, value, etc., or to become less successful:

  • The state was expecting an increase in tax revenues, but that was before the economy tanked.

  • Car exports in the year to April tanked 23 percent.

• 5 a container that holds liquid or gas:

  • a water tank

  • fuel/gas/oxygen tanks

  • a fish tank

• 6 an enclosed military vehicle that travels on metal belts turned by wheels and is armed with large guns

• 7 a container for holding liquid or gas:

  • a fuel/gas/propane tank

• 8 the contents of a tank, or the amount that it will hold:

  • a tank of sth The car can be driven 500 miles on a single 10-gallon tank of gas.

• 9 in a very bad state or situation, especially because of being too low in price, value, etc.:

  • People will not agree to this sort of spending if the economy is in the tank.

  • It is not surprising that the company's shares are in the tank, recently hitting a 52-week low of 15.40.

• 10 to suddenly begin to have serious problems, especially by falling a lot in price, value, etc.:

  • The state was expecting an increase in tax revenues, but that was before the economy tanked.

  • Car exports in the year to April tanked 23%.