to sink
358
1.0
- verb
- /sɪŋk/
:
hundirse
- As the ship took on water, it began to sink slowly beneath the waves.
- heart sank
- sink into oblivion
- sink into poverty
Did your heart sank when when you lost?
- Did your heart sank when when you lost?
- You don't see it and sink to your knees and start wailing and crying.
- No sooner had the pair bought than cotton began to sink in price.
- Let us feel each of these muscles release tension and just sink.
- There's some sinking going on between humans though, where we sink like you're.
Examples
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If you allow yourself to sink into despair.
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Recognizing that her script was written in advance, the mother slowly sinks into absolute passivity.
Academic text (1995) -
If you believe this problem will sink me, it likely will.
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Did it sink in that time?
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I would never sink so low.
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I can't sink as low as you.
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Let me know when it sinks in, OK?
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It's starting to sink in, and I've got a problem, a big problem.
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If you succeed, and do not sink permanently into despair, you eventually reconstruct your life.
Academic text (1992) -
Tristan spent weeks sulking in the woods, sinking deeper into despair.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Move or drop down from a higher to a lower place
∞
1.0
To let something fall suddenly or by accident
221
2.8
To become lower, for example temperature or prices
150
2.7
Move from a higher to a lower place
142
4.4
To sink and form a layer at the bottom of a liquid
93
5.8
Fall suddenly and steeply from a high place or in amount
84
3.8
To sink into water, like a boat that hits something
83
3.8
To fall or drop suddenly from a higher to a lower place
55
4.0
To sit down or fall forward suddenly and heavily
49
2.6
Become less in number, amount, or quality
41
2.7
To move down at an angle
34
1.8
To fall from a higher place to a lower place
19
2.8
To bend downward because of weight or weak support
15
4.4
Sink below the water and become covered by it
14
4.8
Move down to a lower place, for example into a seat or the ground
13
3.9
To fall quickly to a much lower level
8
5.2
To return to a previous bad habit
2
6.7
Fall or fail very quickly and completely
To fall suddenly to a much lower level
To hang lower because of weight or loss of support
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 Low
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sink comes from the Old English word sincan meaning 'to go down'. To sink into a chair or into sadness uses the same image of moving 'down' to a lower position or feeling.