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- [singk]
- /sɪŋk/
- /sɪŋk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [singk]
- /sɪŋk/
Definitions of sink word
- verb without object sink to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows. 1
- verb without object sink to fall, drop, or descend gradually to a lower level: The river sank two feet during the dry spell. 1
- verb without object sink to settle or fall gradually, as a heavy structure: The tower is slowly sinking. 1
- verb without object sink to fall or collapse slowly from weakness, fatigue, distress, etc.: He gasped and sank to his knees. 1
- verb without object sink to slope downward; dip: The field sinks toward the highway. 1
- verb without object sink to go down toward or below the horizon: the sun sinks in the west. 1
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Origin of sink
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; (v.) Middle English sinken, Old English sincan; cognate with Dutch zinken, German sinken, Old Norse sǫkkva, Gothic singkwan; (noun) late Middle English: cesspool, derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Sink
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sink popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sink usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sink
verb sink
- amnestied — a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
- arrive at — to reach by traveling
- atrophied — exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
- atrophying — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
- aways — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
noun sink
- basin — A basin is a large or deep bowl that you use for holding liquids, or for mixing or storing food.
- cloaca — a cavity in the pelvic region of most vertebrates, except higher mammals, and certain invertebrates, into which the alimentary canal and the genital and urinary ducts open
- cloacae — Zoology. the common cavity into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals open in birds, reptiles, amphibians, many fishes, and certain mammals. a similar cavity in invertebrates.
- crenel — any of a set of openings formed in the top of a wall or parapet and having slanting sides, as in a battlement
- davy jones's locker — the bottom of the sea; grave of those drowned at sea or buried there
Antonyms for sink
verb sink
- beetle — A beetle is an insect with a hard covering to its body.
- beetling — a heavy hammering or ramming instrument, usually of wood, used to drive wedges, force down paving stones, compress loose earth, etc.
- come to light — to be revealed
- crop up — If something crops up, it appears or happens, usually unexpectedly.
- flare up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
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