ink

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A coloured liquid used for writing or printing.

   Please fill out this form in black ink.

2. 2
   verb

   To cover or mark something with ink.

   She inked the stamp and pressed it onto the paper.

3. 3
   noun

   The dark fluid that a squid or octopus releases to defend itself.

   The octopus shot a cloud of ink and escaped.

Common collocations

• indelible ink Adjective + noun

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.

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