to sink
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1.0
- verb
- /sɪŋk/
:
hundirse
- I watched the toy boat slowly sink down as more water filled its hull.
- the ship sank
- sink to the bottom
- the vessel sank
Some were just floating, some wouldn't sink at all, some sank too fast.
- Some were just floating, some wouldn't sink at all, some sank too fast.
- Some get lucky, find their way, Others sink beneath the waves.
- And then the boat just sank, dude, everyone on it, not great.
- So what I need to do is make my basketball sink in tap water.
- Like ships sink because they're expensive to design.
Examples
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I'm sinking the boat.
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Then why does the rubber ball sink and the balloon floats?
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I'll leave that there for a minute just to sink, OK?
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- If there was, like, four of us on this boat, we would all sink.
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Some get lucky, find their way, Others sink beneath the waves.
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You can see it sinking.
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And the more I struggle... - the deeper I sink.
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Air Force One, you're sinking too fast.
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Four blasters went off at one time, and the creature sank beneath the surface of the water.
Fiction book (1991) -
As the sled is boarded, it will sink, and care must be taken to avoid capsizing.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
84
3.8
To sink into water, like a boat that hits something
42
3.9
To put something completely under water or another liquid
15
4.4
Sink below the water and become covered by it
2
8.1
To fill with water and sink
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A way to say there are almost all things you can think of
- Informal
A warning that careless talk can cause trouble by revealing secrets
- Informal
Almost everything possible is present, even things you do not need
- Informal
To fail very quickly and completely with no chance to get better
- Informal
To get stuck in a problem that keeps getting worse and is hard to leave
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Informal
2
4.2
A very large number of things, often including items that are not needed
- Specialized
1
4.5
A metal part that takes heat away from electronic parts so they do not get too hot
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sink comes from the Old English word sincan meaning 'to go down'. To sink under water is simply to go 'down' below the surface, which is the original and most basic sense of the verb.