ink — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(noun.)

ADJ

wet

Don't touch the poster yet because the ink is still wet.

VERB + INK

use

The printer ran out of ink, so I had to buy a new cartridge yesterday.

write in

The teacher wrote the student's comments in red ink across the top of the assignment.

spill

INK + VERB

dry

The printer ink dried on the nozzle because we didn't use it for months.

smudge

The ink smudged all over my hands when I tried to erase the pencil mark.

INK + NOUN

blot, spot | pen

cartridge

My printer stopped working because the ink cartridge ran out.

drawing

PREP

in ~

The teacher wrote the assignment instructions in ink so students could read them clearly.

PHRASES

pen and ink

The artist created a beautiful portrait using pen and ink on white paper.

Definitions

noun

1

A pigment (or dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.

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.

2

A particular type, color or container of this fluid.

3

The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.

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.

4

Publicity.

to get ink

The TSA has been getting a lot of ink lately.

5

Tattoo work.

"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

verb

1

To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink.

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.

2

To sign (a contract or similar document).

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).

3

To apply a tattoo to (someone).

4

to eject ink (sense 3)

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Idioms & Phrases

red ink

Financial loss.

GCN has gleefully swum against the political mainstream. Less comfortable has been the financial torrent that now washes the paper in red ink. Being out of step politically has mea

you don't dip your pen in company ink

One should avoid romantic or sexual relationships in the workplace.

"In my job, young hot things have been coming up to me for years," says Fletcher, the retired pilot. "You don't dip your pen in company ink."

you don't dip your pen in the company's ink

Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.

spill ink

To write, especially professionally.

Of all the problems which lie on the borderline of philosophy and science, perhaps none has caused more spilled ink, more controversy, and more emotion than "the problem of the dir

don't dip your pen in company ink

Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.

Example Bank

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01

This form should be filled out in ink.

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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 Franc

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03

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.

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04

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.

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05

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 Sta

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06

Blotting paper absorbs ink.

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Usage Notes

i Register

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