sink

(Inglés)

Verb

1. (ergative, physical) To move or be moved into something.
2. (physical, transitive) To move or be moved into something.
3. (physical, transitive) To move or be moved into something.
4. (physical, transitive) To move or be moved into something.
5. (physical, transitive) To move or be moved into something.
6. (figuratively, intransitive) To diminish or be diminished.
7. (figuratively, transitive) To diminish or be diminished.
8. (intransitive) To diminish or be diminished.
9. (archaic, slang, transitive) To conceal and appropriate.
10. (archaic, slang, transitive) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
11. (slang, transitive) To drink (especially something alcoholic).
12. (slang, transitive) To pay absolutely.
13. (archaic, slang, transitive) To reduce or extinguish by payment.
14. (intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
15. (archaic, intransitive) To die.
16. (intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

Noun

1. A basin used for holding water for washing.
2. A drain for carrying off wastewater.
3. 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. A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
8. (uncountable) Descending motion; descent.
9. (uncountable) Descending motion; descent.
10. An object or callback that captures events.
11. A destination vertex in a transportation network.
12. 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. A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
16. An excavation smaller than a shaft.
17. One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation.

Opuesto a

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Pronunciado como (IPA)

/sɪŋk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: synken

Cognado con frisón occidental: sinke

Cognado con bajo alemán: sinken

Cognado con neerlandés: zinken

Cognado con alemán: sinken

Cognado con danés: -

Cognado con noruego bokmal: -

Cognado con sueco: sjunka

Cognado con inglés antiguo: senċan

In summary

From Middle English synken, from Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”).
Compare West Frisian sinke, Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, German sinken, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synke, Swedish sjunka. In the causative sense, it replaced Old English senċan (“make sink”) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.

Conceptos

hundir

hundirse

fregadero

sumergir

lavabo

sumergirse

caer

bajar

sumidero

zambullir

descender

lavamanos

agujerear

horadar

naufragar

sumir

perecer

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irse

jofaina

lavaplatos

pasar

perforar

pila

pozo

terminarse

tocar

topar

abatirse

adentellar

aflojar

agotarse

almofia

baj

bañarse

caer en

caerse

chapuzar

consumirse

decrecer

derrumbar

desagüe

echar a fondo

establecerse

gastarse

incurrir

ir abajo

perderse

posarse

receptor

zozobrar

Sinónimos

submerge

drown

fall

go down

plunge

settle

drop

dive

subside

dip

descend

basin

cesspool

immerse

washbasin

founder

set

slump

go under

sump

sewer

decline

collapse

sinkhole

capsize

cesspit

cave in

scuttle

perish

fall down

washstand

tap

broach

wash basin

strike

bore

lapse

soak

be submerged

lower

submerse

drop down

fall off

sag

be drowned

lavatory

stoop

enter

plummet

bury