THANK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thank mean? 

• THANK (verb)
  The verb THANK has 1 sense:

1. express gratitude or show appreciation to

  Familiarity information: THANK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THANK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they thank    ... he / she / it thanks   
Past simple: thanked   
Past participle: thanked   
-ing form: thanking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Express gratitude or show appreciation to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

give thanks; thank

Hypernyms (to "thank" is one way to...):

convey ((of information) make known; pass on)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "thank"):

acknowledge; recognise; recognize (express obligation, thanks, or gratitude for)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

 Context examples 

Before they parted, she had to thank him for another pleasure, and one of no trivial kind.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I thanked her, without making any demonstration of joy, lest it should induce her to withdraw her assent.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Thank you, Mr. Sandeford; here is your money, and I wish you a very good evening.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I wanted to secure a friend, and not to make an enemy, so I thanked him, gave the address at Dr. Seward's and came away.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"You cured me completely, Mr. Eden, and I don't know how to thank you."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Thank God! we have got a better.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

“I dare you to thank me!” cried the squire.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I thank God that he is dead!

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Thank you, but I would rather you did not mention the subject to her; till the time draws nearer, I do not wish to be giving any body trouble.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I thank you for the proposal, Mr. Rivers, and I accept it with all my heart.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)