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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "sink"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to go under below the surface of a particular substance such as water, sand, tar, mud, etc.
Intransitive: to sink somewhere
to sink definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After a moment of hesitation, the buoyant balloon began to lose altitude and eventually sank into the calm ocean below.
āĻāĻ• āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻ­āĻžāϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧁āύāϟāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϚāϤāĻž āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇ āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻžāύ⧋, āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something such as a ship submerge
Transitive: to sink a boat or ship
to sink definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The weight of the cargo sank the small boat in the middle of the lake.
āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻ“āϜāύ āĻšā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āϛ⧋āϟ āύ⧌āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻŽāĻœā§āϜāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of ships, boats, etc.) to move downward beneath the surface of a body of water
Intransitive
to sink definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the accident, the wreckage of the plane started to sink into the lake.
āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻšā§āϰāĻĻ⧇ āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϧāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to gradually move downward into a particular substance
Intransitive: to sink into a substance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Walking on the freshly fallen snow, the child 's boots sank into the soft, powdery surface.
āϤāĻžāϜāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāϰāĻĢ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻŦ⧁āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āύāϰāĻŽ, āϗ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇ āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϤāύ, āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to drop in value, amount, strength, etc.
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the winter progressed, the temperature continued to sink.
āĻļā§€āϤāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻž

to gradually move downward, often due to the force of gravity
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the collapse of the old building, the rubble began to sink into the foundation.
āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āϧāϏ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒ⧁āρāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to dig a hole and place an object into the soil
Transitive: to sink sth into ground
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The farmer sank wooden stakes into the earth to mark the boundaries of the field.
āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāύāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āϖ⧁āρāϟāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āρāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻž

to lower oneself gradually and intentionally
Intransitive: to sink into a position or seat
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The yoga instructor instructed the class to take a deep breath and sink into a seated meditation pose.
āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϏāϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāϏāĻž āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to do something that prevents someone or something from achieving success
Transitive: to sink sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The unexpected financial setbacks threatened to sink the small business.
āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to cause something to go into a certain substance
Transitive: to sink an object into a substance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She decided to sink her hands into the warm soil, planting the seeds for the garden.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§€āϜ āϰ⧋āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ•, āϧ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ

a large and open container that has a water supply and you can use to wash your hands, dishes, etc. in
sink definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He rinsed his hands under the running water in the sink after gardening.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻ•-āĻāϰ āϚāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āϜāϞ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϤ āϧ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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a covered reservoir into which waste water or sewage flows

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sewage flows into a sink before treatment.
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a depression in the ground, often in limestone, connected to underground passages and formed by dissolution or collapse

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cave system opens into a sink.
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a mechanism or process that absorbs, removes, or stores energy, matter, or a substance from a system

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Heat sinks are used to prevent electronic components from overheating.

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