Sink Definition
sĭngk
sank, sinking, sinks, sunk
verb
sank, sinking, sinks, sunk
To go beneath the surface of water, deep snow, soft ground, etc. so as to be partly or completely covered.
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To descend to the bottom of a body of water or other liquid.
Found the wreck where it had sunk.
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To go down slowly; fall or descend gradually.
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To become lower in level; diminish in height or depth.
A lake that has sunk three inches.
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To appear to fall or descend.
The sun sinking in the west.
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noun
sinks
A cesspool or sewer.
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Any of various basins, as in a kitchen, connected with a drainpipe and, usually, a water supply.
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A sinkhole.
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Any place or thing considered morally filthy or corrupted.
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A repository or device for collecting, removing, or absorbing energy, heat, a specific substance, etc. from a system and then disposing of or dissipating it.
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idiom
sink (one's) teeth into
- To undertake an endeavor energetically:
She sank her teeth into the challenging project.
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sink or swim
- To fail or succeed without alternative.
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sink in
- to be grasped by the mind, esp. with difficulty; be recognized or understood in full
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Sink
Origin of Sink
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From Old English sincan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwanÄ…, from Proto-Indo-European *sengÊ·- (“to fall, sink"). Compare West Frisian sinke, Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, German sinken, Danish synke, Swedish sjunka.
From Wiktionary
Middle English sinken from Old English sincan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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