sink

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Related terms 1.6 Anagrams 2 Estonian 2.1 Noun 3 Icelandic 3.1 Noun 3.2 Anagrams 4 Norwegian 4.1 Noun 5 West Frisian 5.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English sincan

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /sɪŋk/, SAMPA: /sINk/

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  Rhymes: -ɪŋk

[edit] Verb

to sink (third-person singular simple present sinks, present participle sinking, simple past sank, past participle sunk or sunken)

1. (intransitive) To descend into a liquid or other substance or material.
2. (transitive) To submerge (something) in a liquid or other substance or material.
3. (transitive) To cause (a ship, etc) to sink.
4. (transitive) To push (something) into something.
   • The dog sank its teeth into the delivery man's leg.
   • The joint will hold tighter if you sink a wood screw through both boards.
5. (intransitive) Describing metaphorically the experience of apprehension, disappointment, or momentary depression as felt via an internal human organ.

   1915 Burgess, Thronton W., The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston; ch. XIX:

   • Peter's heart sank. "Don't you think it is dreadful?" he asked.

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• (descend into a liquid, etc): descend, go down
• (submerge): dip, dunk, submerge
• (cause (ship, etc) to sink):
• (push (something) into):

[edit] Derived terms

• sinker
• sink in
• sink like a stone
• sinking ship
• countersink

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Wikipedia

sink (plural sinks)

1. A basin used for holding water for washing.
2. A sinkhole
3. A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
4. A heat sink.
5. A place that absorbs resources or energy.
6. (baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.

   Jones' has a two-seamer with heavy sink.

7. (computing, programming) An object or callback that captures events; event sink.

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• (basin): basin, washbasin

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• countersink

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ikns
• inks
• skin

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[edit] Estonian

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sink

1. ham

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[edit] Icelandic

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sink

1. zinc (element)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ikns
• skin

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[edit] Norwegian

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sink

1. zinc (element)

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[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Verb

sink

1. First person singular of sinke in the present tense.
2. Imperative of sinke.