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      tanks
      noun
      A closed container for liquids or gases.
      An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
      A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).
      The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
      The amount held by a container; a tankful.
      An armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a gun designed for direct fire, and moving on caterpillar tracks.
      (Australia, India) A reservoir or dam.
      (botany) A structure of tightly overlapping leaves used by some bromeliads to retain water.
      (colloquial) A very muscular and physically imposing person; somebody who is built like a tank.
      (roleplaying games, board games, video games) A unit or character designed primarily around damage absorption and holding the attention of the enemy (as opposed to dealing damage, healing, or other tasks).
      (US, slang) A prison cell, or prison generally.
      (poker, slang) A metaphorical place where a player goes to contemplate a decision; see in the tank.
      A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
      A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
      (clothing) Ellipsis of tank top. [An item of casual clothing: a top with no sleeves.]
      (rail transport) Ellipsis of tank engine or tank locomotive.
      (UK, slang, dated, by extension) A bouncer or doorman.
      verb
      To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
      (video games) 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.
      (transitive) To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank.
      To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
      (fandom slang) To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt.
      (originally poker, slang) To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank.
      (Singapore, colloquial) To stand; to tolerate.
      (Singapore, colloquial) To willingly take on an undesirable task or burden.
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