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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. t.
     1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or
        submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a
              single ship.                          --Jowett
                                                    (Thucyd.).
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade;
        hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping;
        as, to sink one's reputation.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I raise of sink, imprison or set free. --Prior.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If I have a conscience, let it sink me. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power
              Has sunk thy father more than all his years. --Rowe.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting,
        etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              You sunk the river repeated draughts. --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To conseal and appropriate. [Slang]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If sent with ready money to buy anything, and you
              happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take
              up the goods on account.              --Swift.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths.
                                                    --Robertson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the
        national debt.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. Sunk (s[u^][ng]k), or
     ({Sank (s[a^][ng]k)); p. p. Sunk (obs. Sunken, -- now
     used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinking.] [OE. sinken, AS.
     sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel.
     s["o]kkva, Dan. synke, Sw. sjunka, Goth. siggan, and probably
     to E. silt. Cf. Silt.]
     1. To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend
        lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a
        stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks
        in the west.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I sink in deep mire.                  --Ps. lxix. 2.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the
        surface; to penetrate.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The stone sunk into his forehead.     --1 San. xvii.
                                                    49.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to
        enter completely.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke
                                                    ix. 44.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the
        ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in
        strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He sunk down in his chariot.          --2 Kings ix.
                                                    24.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Let not the fire sink or slacken.     --Mortimer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become
        diminished in volume or in apparent height.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay;
          decrease; lessen.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), n.
     1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other
        material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving
        filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and
        are lost; -- called also sink hole. [U. S.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence
        the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation;
        as, the sink of the Humboldt River. [Western U. S.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Sink hole.
        (a) The opening to a sink drain.
        (b) A cesspool.
        (c) Same as Sink, n., 3.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), n.
     The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence
     the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation; as,
     the sink of the Humboldt River. [Western U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sink \Sink\, v. t.
     1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or
        submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
  
              [The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a
              single ship.                          --Jowett
                                                    (Thucyd.).
  
     2. Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade;
        hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping;
        as, to sink one's reputation.
  
              I raise of sink, imprison or set free. --Prior.
  
              If I have a conscience, let it sink me. --Shak.
  
              Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power Has sunk thy
              father more than all his years.       --Rowe.
  
     3. To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting,
        etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.
  
     4. To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
  
              You sunk the river repeated draughts. --Addison.
  
     5. To conseal and appropriate. [Slang]
  
              If sent with ready money to buy anything, and you
              happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take
              up the goods on account.              --Swift.
  
     6. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
  
              A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths.
                                                    --Robertson.
  
     7. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the
        national debt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sunk,+or+({Sank" rel="nofollow">Sink \Sink\, v. i. [imp. Sunk, or ({Sank); p. p. Sunk (obs.
     Sunken, -- now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinking.]
     [OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G.
     sinken, Icel. s["o]kkva, Dan. synke, Sw. sjunka, Goth.
     siggan, and probably to E. silt. Cf. Silt.]
     1. To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend
        lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a
        stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks
        in the west.
  
              I sink in deep mire.                  --Ps. lxix. 2.
  
     2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the
        surface; to penetrate.
  
              The stone sunk into his forehead.     --1 San. xvii.
                                                    49.
  
     3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to
        enter completely.
  
              Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke
                                                    ix. 44.
  
     4. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the
        ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in
        strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.
  
              I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
  
              He sunk down in his chariot.          --2 Kings ix.
                                                    24.
  
              Let not the fire sink or slacken.     --Mortimer.
  
     5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become
        diminished in volume or in apparent height.
  
              The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. --Addison.
  
     Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay;
          decrease; lessen.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Sink \Sink\, n.
     1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
  
     2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other
        material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving
        filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
  
     3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and
        are lost; -- called also sink hole. [U. S.]
  
     Sink hole.
        (a) The opening to a sink drain.
        (b) A cesspool.
        (c) Same as Sink, n., 3.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  sink
       n 1: plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall
            or floor and having a drainpipe
       2: (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy
          or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for
          carbon dioxide" [ant: source]
       3: a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean
          passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution
          or by collapse of a cavern roof [syn: sinkhole, swallow
          hole]
       4: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn:
           cesspool, cesspit, sump]
       v 1: fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his
            knees" [syn: drop, drop down]
       2: cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl
          Harbor"
       3: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into
          Nirvana" [syn: pass, lapse]
       4: go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" [syn: settle,
           go down, go under] [ant: float]
       5: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He
          sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" [syn: subside]
       6: appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon";
          "The setting sun sank below the tree line" [syn: dip]
       7: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate
          market fell off" [syn: slump, fall off]
       8: fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My
          spirits sank" [syn: slump, slide down]
       9: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He
          buried his head in her lap" [syn: bury]
       [also: sunken, sunk, sank]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sink
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 ο νιπτήρας
     2 ο νεροχύτης
     3 (''επιστημονικός όρος'') η έξοδος, σημείο ή συστατικό απορροής (για
  οτιδήποτε: ''ηλεκτρικού ρεύματος, πληροφορίας κτλ.)
     4 ({{ετ|τηλεπ|en|0==

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sink
     Estonian n.
     ham
     Faroese n.
     (lb fo metal) (l en zinc)
     Maltese n.
     (l en sink)
     n.
     1 (senseid en basin) A basin used for holding water for washing.
     2 A drain for carrying off wastewater.
     3 (lb en geology) A sinkhole.
     4 A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
     5 A heat sink.
     6 A place that absorbs resources or energy.
     7 (lb en ecology) A habitat that cannot support a population on its
  own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
     8 (lb en uncountable) descending motion; descent.
     9 # (lb en baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
     10 (lb en computing programming) An object or callback that captures
  events; an event sink.
     11 (lb en graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation
  network.
     12 (lb en graph theory) A node in directed graph for which all of its
  edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.
     13 An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
     14 A depression in a stereotype plate.
     15 (lb en theater) A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
     16 (lb en mining) An excavation smaller than a shaft.
     17 (lb en game development) One or several systems that remove
  currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing
  inflation.
     vb.
     1 (senseid en to descend) (lb en heading physical) ''To move or be
  moved into something.''
     2 # (lb en ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so)
  into a liquid or similar substance.
     3 # (lb en transitive) To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to
  sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.<!--intransitive
  sense, so not a circular definition-->
     4 # (lb en transitive) To push (something) into something.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (l en zinc) (''chemical element, symbol'' '''Zn''')

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Sink
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  sink
     n.
     1 (senseid en basin) A basin used for holding water for washing.
     2 A drain for carrying off wastewater.
     3 (lb en geology) A sinkhole.
     4 A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
     5 A heat sink.
     6 A place that absorbs resources or energy.
     7 (lb en ecology) A habitat that cannot support a population on its
  own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
     8 (lb en uncountable) descending motion; descent.
     9 # (lb en baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
     10 (lb en computing programming) An object or callback that captures
  events; an event sink.
     11 (lb en graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation
  network.
     12 (lb en graph theory) A node in directed graph for which all of its
  edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.
     13 An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
     14 A depression in a stereotype plate.
     15 (lb en theater) A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
     16 (lb en mining) An excavation smaller than a shaft.
     17 (lb en game development) One or several systems that remove
  currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing
  inflation.
     vb.
     1 (senseid en to descend) (lb en heading physical) ''To move or be
  moved into something.''
     2 # (lb en ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so)
  into a liquid or similar substance.
     3 # (lb en transitive) To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to
  sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.<!--intransitive
  sense, so not a circular definition-->
     4 # (lb en transitive) To push (something) into something.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Sink
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  sink
     Faroese n.
     (lb fo metal) (l en zinc)
     Icelandic n.
     zinc (gloss: chemical element)
     n.
     1 (senseid en basin) A basin used for holding water for washing.
     2 A drain for carrying off wastewater.
     3 (lb en geology) A sinkhole.
     4 A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
     5 A heat sink.
     6 A place that absorbs resources or energy.
     7 (lb en ecology) A habitat that cannot support a population on its
  own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
     8 (lb en uncountable) descending motion; descent.
     9 # (lb en baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
     10 (lb en computing programming) An object or callback that captures
  events; an event sink.
     11 (lb en graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation
  network.
     12 (lb en graph theory) A node in directed graph for which all of its
  edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.
     13 An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
     14 A depression in a stereotype plate.
     15 (lb en theater) A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
     16 (lb en mining) An excavation smaller than a shaft.
     17 (lb en game development) One or several systems that remove
  currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing
  inflation.
     vb.
     1 (senseid en to descend) (lb en heading physical) ''To move or be
  moved into something.''
     2 # (lb en ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so)
  into a liquid or similar substance.
     3 # (lb en transitive) To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to
  sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.<!--intransitive
  sense, so not a circular definition-->
     4 # (lb en transitive) To push (something) into something.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (l en zinc) (''chemical element, symbol'' '''Zn''')

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Sink
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  sink
     Faroese n.
     (lb fo metal) (l en zinc)
     Icelandic n.
     zinc (gloss: chemical element)
     n.
     1 (senseid en basin) A basin used for holding water for washing.
     2 A drain for carrying off wastewater.
     3 (lb en geology) A sinkhole.
     4 A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
     5 A heat sink.
     6 A place that absorbs resources or energy.
     7 (lb en ecology) A habitat that cannot support a population on its
  own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
     8 (lb en uncountable) descending motion; descent.
     9 # (lb en baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
     10 (lb en computing programming) An object or callback that captures
  events; an event sink.
     11 (lb en graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation
  network.
     12 (lb en graph theory) A node in directed graph for which all of its
  edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.
     13 An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
     14 A depression in a stereotype plate.
     15 (lb en theater) A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
     16 (lb en mining) An excavation smaller than a shaft.
     17 (lb en game development) One or several systems that remove
  currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing
  inflation.
     vb.
     1 (senseid en to descend) (lb en heading physical) ''To move or be
  moved into something.''
     2 # (lb en ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so)
  into a liquid or similar substance.
     3 # (lb en transitive) To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to
  sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.<!--intransitive
  sense, so not a circular definition-->
     4 # (lb en transitive) To push (something) into something.
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (l en zinc) (''chemical element, symbol'' '''Zn''')

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Sink
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sink
     Englanti n.
     1 tiskiallas
     2 (AmE) lavuaari
     3 (yhteys k=en geologia) doliini, karstivajoama
     4 (yhteys ekologia k=en) nielu
     Englanti vb.
     1 upota, vajota
     2 upottaa (mkuv: rahaa, surunsa yms.)
     Saksa vb.
     (de-v-taivm: sink)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  sink
     Bokmål n.
     (tagg kat=grundämnen språk=no) zink
     Engelska n.
     diskbänk, ho
     Engelska vb.
     1 sjunka, minska
     2 sänka
     Frisiska n.
     (tagg kat=grundämnen språk=fy) zink
     n.
     1 dröjsmål, något som orsakar att en sinkar
     2 diskho, ho
     Novial card.
     fem

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  sink
     n.
     1 dröjsmål, något som orsakar att en sinkar
     2 diskho, ho

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  aanboor

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Sink /sˈɪŋk/
  المغسلة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  sink //sɪŋk// //zɪŋk// 
  1. ми́вка, умива́лник
  basin
  2. отто́чна тръба́
  wastewater drain

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  sink //sɪŋk// //zɪŋk// 
  1. потопявам
  cause (ship, etc) to sink
  2. потъвам
  descend into liquid, etc
  3. пъхвам
  push (something) into
  4. потапям, наводнявам
  submerge

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  ponor

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  potápět se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  ponořit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  zapustit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
   [eko] klesnout, snížit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  potopit se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  dřez

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  potopit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  žumpa

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  umyvadlo

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  výlevka

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  žumpa

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  zapustit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  ponořit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  výlevka

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  ponořovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  ponor

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  klesnout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  klesat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  kalová jímka

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  suddo 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  soddi 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  ymanodi 

From English-Danish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.0 :   [ freedict:eng-dan ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  håndvask

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  Ausguss 
   see: sinks
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  Datensenke  [comp.]  [telco.]
     Synonym: data sink
  
   see: data sinks, sinks
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  Einfallstelle  [techn.]  [mach.]
     Synonym: sink area
  
   see: sink areas
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ (sank /sˈaŋk/ <>, sunk /sˈʌŋk/ <>, sunk /sˈʌŋk/ <>) 
   [fig.] zu Fall bringen [ein Projekt usw.] , scheitern lassen 
        "sink the government"  - die Regierung zu Fall bringen
           Note: a project etc.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  Karsttrichter , Doline  [geol.]
     Synonyms: sinkhole, snakehole, swallowhole, swallet, doline
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  Schachtsumpf , Pumpensumpf  [min.]
     Synonyms: pump sump, bottom
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  Senkgrube , Abzugsgrube  [envir.]
     Synonym: sinkhole
  
   see: sinkholes, sinks
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  Spülbecken , Spüle , Spülstein  [Westdt.] , Spültrog  [Schw.] , Abwaschbecken , Abwasch  [Ös.]  [ugs.] , Abwaschtrog  [Schw.] , Ausguss  [Schw.] , Schüttstein  [Schw.]
     Synonym: kitchen sink
  
   see: sinks, kitchen sinks
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  Spültisch 
   see: sinks
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  ablassen 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ (sank /sˈaŋk/ <>, sunk /sˈʌŋk/ <>, sunk /sˈʌŋk/ <>) 
  absenken, sich senken, absacken, einsacken, versacken 
   see: sinking, sunk
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  graben, buddeln 
     Synonym: burrow
  
   see: sinking, burrowing, sunk, burrowed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ (sank /sˈaŋk/ <>, sunk /sˈʌŋk/ <>, sunk /sˈʌŋk/ <>) 
  nachlassen 
   see: sinking, sunk
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ (sank /sˈaŋk/ <>, sunk /sˈʌŋk/ <>, sunk /sˈʌŋk/ <>) 
  sinken, versinken, untergehen 
        "he/she/it sinks"  - er/sie/es sinkt
        "I/he/she would sink"  - ich/er/sie sänke
   see: sinking, sunk, I/he/she/it sank, we/they sank, The sun sank/dipped below the horizon.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  Kessel  [geol.]
     Synonyms: pit, basin, bowl
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  niederbringen  [min.]
           Note: Schacht
     Synonyms: carry down, lower, put down
  
   see: carrying down, lowering, sinking, putting down, carried down, lowered, sinked, put down
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  Schlotte  [geol.]
     Synonym: pipe
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  
  νεροχύτης, ναυαγώ, βυθίζομαι, βυθίζω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  sink //sɪŋk// //zɪŋk// 
  1. pesuallas
  basin
  2. nielu
  destination vertex
  3. lämpönielu
  heat sink
  4. viemäri
  wastewater drain

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  sink //sɪŋk// //zɪŋk// 
  1. upottaa 2.
  cause (ship, etc) to sink
   3.
  push (something) into
   4.
  submerge
  2. upota, vajota
  descend into liquid, etc

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  sink /siŋk/
  forer, rencontrer, toucher

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  1. डूबना
        "Titanic sank in the Atlantic ocean."
  2. धँसना
        "The foundation of the house are begining to sink."
  3. गिरना
        "The rupee has sunk to its lowest in comparision to dollar."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/ 
  1. हौदी
        "Utensils are washed in the kitchen sink."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  izdubiti, odvodni kanal, padati, popuštati, potonuti, potopiti, potopiti brod, prijamnik (podala ka), propadati, spuštati se, sudoper, sudoper s izljevom, tonuti, transduktor, ulegnuće, utonuti, četvoropol

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  1. süllyesztô
  2. konyhai kiöntô
  3. mélyfúrás
  4. mosogató
  5. akna
  6. mosdókagyló
  7. tartály
  8. emésztô gödör

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  sink //sɪŋk// //zɪŋk// 
  bak cuci piring, wastafel
  basin

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  sink //sɪŋk// //zɪŋk// 
  洗面台, 洗面器, キッチンシンク, シンク, 流し
  basin

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  sink //sɪŋk// //zɪŋk// 
  1. 沈める
  cause (ship, etc) to sink
  2. 沈む
  descend into liquid, etc

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  sink /siŋk/
  1. aan de grond raken, zinken
  2. aanboren
  3. inzinken, wegzakken
  4. doen zinken, tot zinken brengen
  5. duiken, onderduiken

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  sink //sɪŋk// //zɪŋk// 
  1. senke
  cause (ship, etc) to sink
  2. synke
  descend into liquid, etc

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  sink /sɪŋk/
  I.   1.  zlew, zlewozmywak
   2.  umywalka
  II.   1.  [o statku]  tonąć
   2.  [np. o słońcu, w sen]  zapadać
   3.  [statek]  zatapiać, zatapiać (A into B - A w B)
   4.  [o głosie, liczbie]  opadać
   5.  [w długi, milczenie]  pogrążać się
   6.  one's heart/spirit sinks (PROPOSS [:heart | :spirit] :sinks)
   - kogoś opuszcza odwaga, kogoś opuszcza pogoda ducha
  III.  sink in /sˈɪŋk ˈɪn/  1.  docierać
   2.  wsiąkać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  sink /siŋk/
  afogar-se

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  sink /siŋk/
  bucear

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  sink //sɪŋk// //zɪŋk// 
  1. diskho, vask, handfat, lavoar, ho, skål
  basin
  2. värmesänka
  heat sink

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  sink //sɪŋk// //zɪŋk// 
  1. sänka
  cause (ship, etc) to sink
  2. sjunka
  descend into liquid, etc

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  1. (sank, sunk veya sunken) batmak, garkolmak
  2. yıkılmak, halsizlikten düşmek
  3. irtifa kaybetmek, düşmek: dalmak, derinliğine gitmek: ağır ağır inmek: girmek: etkilemek, tesir etmek, içine işleyip girmek: çukurlaşmak: yavaş yavaş ölmek: gurup etmek: batırmak, daldırmak: indirmek: gururunu kırmak
  4. azaltmak, eksiltmek: para yatırmak: kazıp açmak. sinking fund itfa sermayesi, amortisman sandığı.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  sink /sˈɪŋk/
  1. lavabo: geriz, lağım: (jeol.) çukur, havza: batakhane.

From íslenska - English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:isl-eng ]

  sink /sˈiŋ#hɡ/ 
  zinc

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  sink
  sink

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  sink
  sink

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈsɪŋk/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  499 Moby Thesaurus words for "sink":
     Babylon, Gomorrah, KO, Sodom, abate, ablate, advance, age,
     alveolation, alveolus, antrum, aquamanile, armpit, ascend,
     automatic dishwasher, back, back up, ball up, bankrupt, baptize,
     basin, bate, bath, bathtub, be clobbered, be consumed,
     be eaten away, be felled, be gone, be lost, be poleaxed,
     be staggered, be stricken, bear down, beat down, become suicidal,
     bend, bidet, blow, bog, bollix, bollix up, bore, bowl, break,
     break down, bring low, brothel, budge, bugger, bugger up, burn out,
     burrow, bury, bust, buy in, buy into, capsize, cast down, cave,
     cave in, cavity, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, cesspit,
     cesspool, change, change place, cheat the undertaker, circle,
     climb, cloaca, cloaca maxima, collapse, come apart, come down,
     come to grief, come unstuck, concave, concavity, conk out, consume,
     consume away, cook, corrode, couch, countersink, crack up, crater,
     crumble, crypt, cup, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken,
     dash, debase, decline, decrease, deepen, defeat, degenerate,
     deject, deliquesce, deluge, delve, dematerialize, demit, den,
     den of iniquity, depart, depress, depression, descend, despair,
     despond, deteriorate, detrude, die, die away, die out, dig,
     dig out, dike, diminish, dip, disappear, discourage, dish,
     dishearten, dishpan, dishwasher, disimprove, disintegrate, dispel,
     disperse, dispirit, dissipate, dissolve, dive, do a fade-out,
     do for, do in, dodder, douse, downbear, drain, dredge, drift away,
     drill, drive, droop, drop, drop off, drown, duck, dump, dunk,
     dwindle, ebb, engulf, erode, evanesce, evaporate, ewer, excavate,
     exit, expire, fade, fade away, fade out, fail, faint, fall,
     fall away, fall in, fall off, fatigue, financier, finger bowl, fix,
     fizzle out, flag, flee, fleet, fleshpots, flit, flop, flop down,
     flow, flump, flump down, fly, fold, follicle, font, foul up,
     founder, funnel chest, furrow, garbage dump, gasp, get, get along,
     get on, get over, get through to, get tired, give out, give way,
     go, go around, go away, go down, go downhill, go off, go round,
     go sideways, go soft, go to pieces, go to pot, go under, gouge,
     gouge out, groove, grow old, grow weary, grub, gum up, gutter,
     gyrate, hash up, haul down, have a comedown, have a mishap, head,
     headchute, hellhole, hide, hit a slump, hit rock bottom,
     hit the skids, hole, hollow, hollow shell, immerge, immerse,
     impoverish, incline, indent, inundate, invest, invest in, jade,
     joint, keel, keel over, kennel, kitchen sink, knock down,
     knock out, lacuna, languish, lapse, lavabo, lavatory,
     lay out money, lead, lean, leave no trace, leave the scene, lessen,
     let, let down, let up, lose heart, lose strength, louse up, lower,
     lower oneself, lower the spirits, make an investment, marsh, melt,
     melt away, melt like snow, merge, mess up, mine, mire, mount, move,
     move away, move off, move over, muck up, oppress, overset,
     overturn, overwhelm, pandemonium, pant, pass, pass away, pass out,
     peak, peg out, penetrate, perish, peter out, pine, piscina, pit,
     pitchpole, place, play hell with, play hob with, play out, plop,
     plop down, plow back into, plumb the depths, plummet, plump,
     plunge, plunge in water, pocket, point, poop out, precipitate,
     press down, progress, puff, puff and blow, pull away, pull down,
     punch bowl, push down, put, put down, quagmire, quarry, queer,
     reach the depths, recede, reduce, register, regress, reinvest,
     retire, retire from sight, retreat, retrocede, retrograde,
     retrogress, rise, risk, rot, rotate, ruin, run, run aground,
     run down, run low, run out, sadden, sag, sap, scoop, scoop out,
     scrabble, scrape, scratch, screw up, scupper, scuttle, septic tank,
     set, settle, settle down, sewer, shake, shell, shift, shipwreck,
     shoot down, shovel, shower, shower bath, shower curtain,
     shower head, shower room, shower stall, showers, shrink, shrivel,
     sink away, sink down, sink in, sink like lead, sink money in,
     sink of corruption, sinkage, sinkhole, sinus, slide, slip,
     slip away, slouch, sluice, slump, slump down, snafu, snarl up,
     soar, socket, somersault, sough, souse, spade, speculate, spin,
     stand off, stir, stoop, stoup, stream, sty, submerge, submerse,
     subside, succumb, suffer a misfortune, suffer an eclipse, sump,
     swag, swamp, tail off, take down, tend, tend to go, thrust down,
     tip over, tire, torpedo, totter, touch bottom, travel, trench,
     trough, tub, tunnel, turn gray, turn over, turn turtle, turn white,
     undo, upset, upset the boat, vanish, vanish from sight, venture,
     vug, wane, wash barrel, wash boiler, washbasin, washbowl, washdish,
     washer, washing machine, washing pot, washpot, washstand, washtub,
     waste, waste away, weaken, wear, wear away, wear thin, weary,
     weigh heavy upon, weigh upon, wheeze, whelm, whirl,
     widen the distance, wilt, withdraw, wither, wither away, wizen,
     worsen, wreck, wrinkle, yield
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 接收端,沟渠,污水槽;
  v. 下沉,使...低落,陷于;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     v. 沉入,渗入;沉陷,消沉;降格,降级,堕落
     n. 洗涤槽,污水沟,藏垢纳污之地;
     n. [物]汇(大量吸收某种物质的器件或系统)

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