Word: Sinking
How to pronounce: ˈsɪŋkɪŋ
Verb
Definitions:
1. Go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged.
Example sentences: "He saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves"
2. Descend from a higher to a lower position; drop downwards.
Example sentences: "You can relax on the veranda as the sun sinks low"
3. Gradually decrease or decline in value, amount, quality, or intensity.
Example sentences: "Their output sank to a third of the pre-war figure"
4. Insert beneath a surface.
Example sentences: "Rails fixed in place with screws sunk below the surface of the wood"
5. Rapidly consume (an alcoholic drink)
Noun
Definitions:
1. A fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe.
Example sentences: "I stood at the kitchen sink"
2. A pool or marsh in which a river's water disappears by evaporation or percolation.
3. Short for sinkhole
4. A place of vice or corruption.
Example sentences: "A sink of unnatural vice, pride, and luxury"
Synonyms:
dive
diving
dipping
submergence
submersion
dip
subsidence
lowering
Antonyms:
rise
emerge
increase
Derivations:
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Sinking in Other Languages...
Spanish: Hundimiento
German: Untergang
French: Naufrage
Italian: Affondamento
Turkish: Batma
