ink

7 definitions • 12 examples

coloured liquid used for writing, printing, and drawing:

a bottle of ink

blue/black/red ink

in ink Please write in ink, not in pencil.

The book is printed in three different coloured inks.

tattoos (= patterns that are made on the skin using needles and ink):

I have only been tattooing for nine months but people seem to like my ink.

to put ink on something:

The printing plates have to be inked before they will print on the paper.

to tattoo someone (= decorate their skin with patterns using needles and ink):

Here are some important points to note before you get inked.

colored liquid used for writing, printing, and drawing:

[ C ] colored inks

[ U ] Please write in ink, not pencil.

a coloured liquid used for writing, printing, etc.:

The ink had hardly dried on Nationwide's announcement when a rival Building Society reduced its basic mortgage rate to an even lower rate.

printer ink

to sign an agreement:

ink a contract/deal The two sides are getting close to a deal but nothing has been inked yet.