Sinking Meaning and Definition

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