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tank

/ˈteɪ̯ŋk/ verbe C2

En français : tanker, encaisser, absorber, dégringoler

  1. To fail or fall (often used in describing the economy or the stock market); to degenerate or decline rapidly; to plummet.
  2. to flop; drop in popularity (of a musician/group)
  3. 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.
  4. To put (fuel, etc.) into a tank. (transitive) · Concrete below ground must be fully tanked to prevent water uptake.
  5. To deliberately lose a sports match with the intent of gaining a perceived future competitive advantage.
  6. To resist damage; to be attacked without being hurt. (slang)
  7. To contemplate a decision for a long time; to go in the tank. (slang)
  8. To stand; to tolerate. (colloquial)

He/she/it tanks · Prétérit tanked · Participe passé tanked · Forme en -ing tanking

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Participe passé
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Dans la bibliothèque

And then he called aloud: “To the tank, Bagheera.
The Jungle Book, p. 54 · B2
A crash and a splash told Mowgli that Bagheera had fought his way to the tank where the monkeys could not follow.
The Jungle Book, p. 55 · B2
All that while the fight with Baloo went on, and the monkeys yelled in the tank round Bagheera, and Mang the Bat, flying to and fro, carried the news of the great battle over the jungle, till even Hathi the Wild Elephant trumpeted, and, far away, scattered bands of the Monkey-Folk woke and came leaping along the tree-roads to help their comrades in the Cold Lairs, and the noise of the fight roused all the day birds for miles round.
The Jungle Book, p. 56 · B2
The monkeys on the walls and the empty houses stopped their cries, and in the stillness that fell upon the city Mowgli heard Bagheera shaking his wet sides as he came up from the tank.
The Jungle Book, p. 57 · B2

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