Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink.

    mark, coat, cover, or stain with ink

  2. (transitive)To sign (a contract or similar document).

  3. (transitive)To apply a tattoo to (someone).

  4. (intransitive)To eject ink (sense 3)

    fill with ink

Examples

157 sentences
  1. This ink stain will not wash out.

    Ця пляма від чорнила не сходить. — aandrusiak

    ruПятно от чернил не отмоется. — Hellerick

  2. The ink stain will not wash out.

    Чорнильна пляма не відмиється. — JeNNeR

    ruЧернильное пятно не отмоется. — Hellerick

  3. She wrote in ink.

    Вона писала за допомогою чорнил. — deniko

    ruОна писала чернилами. — marafon

    deSie schrieb mit Tinte. — mayabe

  4. This isn't ink.

    Це не чорнила. — deniko

    ruЭто не чернила. — marafon

  5. The ink is still wet.

    Чорнила ще не висохли. — deniko

    ruЧернила ещё не высохли. — Wezel

    deDie Tinte ist noch feucht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

5 languages

Origin

From Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum (“purple ink used by

From Middle English ynke, from Old French enque, from Latin encaustum (“purple ink used by Roman emperors to sign documents”), from Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον (énkauston, “burned-in”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + καίω (kaíō, “burn”). In this sense, displaced native Old English blæc (“ink”, literally “black”).

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Forms

inks, inking, inked, inked
Base formink · to ink
3rd person singularinks
Present participleinking
Past simpleinked
Past participleinked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyink
he, she, itinks

Past simpleLesson

all personsinked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave inked
he, she, ithas inked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ink

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • this ink stain
  • ink stain
  • out of ink
  • write in ink

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ink — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto