sinking
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
- Hyphenation: sink‧ing
Noun[edit]
sinking (plural sinkings)
- gerund of sink: the process by which something sinks, or is sunk.
- I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore.
- 1857, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection:
- We must endeavour to realize a succession of gradual sinkings or depressions into deep water, alternating with gradual emergings into shallows, and eventually a gradual continued lifting of the whole district […]
- 2022 August 10, “Network News: New maintenance tunnel at Euston”, in RAIL, number 963, page 21:
- The excavation took 16 months of 24-hour working to complete and required the sinking of a 65ft shaft, from where workers carved out the passageway and lined it with reinforced steel and sprayed concrete.
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Translations[edit]
process by which something sinks, or is sunk
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Verb[edit]
sinking
- present participle and gerund of sink
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- sinking (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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