ink
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 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”).
Sense four refers to the ink used in newspapers.
Inflected forms:
form: inks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: inke
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: inks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: inking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: inked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: inked
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: This form should be filled out in ink.
While I was waiting for him in the Matted Gallery, a young man was most finely working in Indian inke the great picture of the King and Queen sitting [Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France], by Van Dyke [Anthony van Dyck]; and did it very finely.
Both halves feature lyrics that are so teen-girly they sound like they were written in pink ink in a padlocked diary with hearts and frowny faces for punctuation.
gloss: A particular type, color or container of this fluid.
pos: noun
tags: countable
usually
gloss: The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
usually
examples: Experimentally, some ink has been shown to be unpalatable to fish (Wood et al. 2010) and observationally, ink can also function as an attractant to predators to give cephalopods a bit more time to escape.
gloss: Publicity.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
examples: to get ink
The TSA has been getting a lot of ink lately.
[Judith] Hope […] has been getting ink by the barrelful with her regular interviews quoting conversations with the first lady, on subjects ranging from Senate ambitions to summer and post-White House living arrangements.
gloss: Tattoo work.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
examples: "I saw it hanging on the wall of a tattoo hut where I went to get some ink done ten years ago," he stuttered, flushing in splotches and squirming in his chair.
Now he's getting a tattoo / Yeah, he's getting ink done / He asked for a 13, / But they drew a 31
gloss: Cheap red wine.
pos: noun
tags: slang
uncountable
usually
gloss: To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A plain impression is obtained by pressing the bulb of the finger, with the plane of the nail parallel to the plane of the plate, on the inked plate and then on the paper in the same manner.
gloss: To sign (a contract or similar document).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Before Musk, America’s space industry was moribund. In 2011, NASA mothballed the last space shuttle, after inking a deal with SpaceX to make uncrewed cargo resupply runs to the International Space Station (ISS).
gloss: To apply a tattoo to (someone).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: to eject ink (sense 3)
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
Related words: dye
atrament
Derived words: before the ink had time to dry
before the ink was dry
bioink
black as ink
bleed red ink
China ink
deink
digital ink
don't dip your pen in company ink
e-ink
gall-nut ink
gay as pink ink
green-ink brigade
green ink brigade
green-ink letter
India ink
Indian ink
inkable
ink ball
inkball
inkberry
ink-block
inkblot
ink bomb
ink bottle
inkbrush
inkbush
ink-cap
inkcap
ink cartridge
ink converter
ink disease
inkdot
ink-dot
ink dot
inken
inker
ink eradicator
ink eraser
inkfish
ink fountain
inkholder
inkhorn
ink in
inkish
ink isn't dry on
inkjet
ink jet
ink-jet printer
inkless
inklike
inkline
inkmaker
inkmaking
ink pad
ink-pad
ink pen
ink-pot
inkpot
ink pot
inkprint
inkproof
ink sac
inkshed
inkslinger
ink slinger
inkspot
inkstain
inkstand
inkstandish
inkstick
inkstone
ink syringe
ink tag
ink trap
ink up
ink well
inkwell
ink-well
inkwood
inkwork
inkwriter
inky
invisible ink
iron-gall ink
octopus ink
overink
pen and ink
pen-and-ink money
printer's ink
printing ink
red ink
reink
secret ink
sling ink
spill ink
squid ink
sympathetic ink
the ink was not even dry
you don't dip your pen in company ink
you don't dip your pen in the company's ink
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