Past tense of tank
regular verb
The past tense of tank is tanked. The past participle is also tanked.
Forms of tank
| Base form (V1) | tank /ˈtæŋk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | tanked /ˈtæŋkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | tanked /ˈtæŋkt/ |
| Present participle | tanking |
| Third person singular | tanks |
Tanked in a sentence
- Concrete below ground must be fully tanked to prevent water uptake.
- Sometimes oils are tanked for months or years at a time (e.g., linseed oil).1913, Geoffrey Martin, Industrial and manufacturing chemistry
- The movie tanked at the box office.From the entry box office
- After getting very tanked I realized the place had become empty.2018, Phillip Anthony Sainz-Hall, From The Bullet To The Bible: A Gangsters Tale, Gatekeeper Press, →ISBN. From the entry tanked
- Another goat roper with an attitude, tanked up on cheap whiskey.1998, Catherine Anderson, Forever After, page 18. From the entry goat roper
Meaning of tank
- noun A closed container for liquids or gases.
- noun An open container or pool for storing water or other liquids.
- noun A pond, pool, or small lake (either natural or artificial).
Questions about the past tense of tank
- What is the past tense of tank?
- The past tense of tank is tanked.
- What is the past participle of tank?
- The past participle of tank is tanked.
- Is tank a regular or irregular verb?
- Tank is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tank (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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