Meaning

3 senses

  1. (Canada, US, ambitransitive)To fill up (for example, a tank in a vehicle with gas, petrol, etc.).

    tanken, auftanken

    дозаправля́тьdozapravljátʹ, дозапра́витьdozaprávitʹ, дозаправля́тьсяdozapravljátʹsja

  2. (ambitransitive, slang)To intoxicate oneself, especially with alcohol.

  3. (intransitive)To install a tank.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. The gas tank suddenly blew up.

    deDer Treibstofftank explodierte plötzlich. — samueldora

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  2. I filled the tank up.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to refill with fuel:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to refill with fuel:

Forms

tanks up, tanking up, tanked up, tanked up
Base formtank up · to tank up
3rd person singulartanks up
Present participletanking up
Past simpletanked up
Past participletanked up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytank up
he, she, ittanks up

Past simpleLesson

all personstanked up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tanked up
he, she, ithas tanked up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tank up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tangytaniatankB1tankardtankertannin
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