sink

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

couler

évier

sombrer

s’enfoncer

enfoncer

lavabo

baisser

descendre

tomber

noyer

doline

décliner

rencontrer

forer

immerger

abattre

plonger

naufrager

puits

submerger

faire naufrage

toucher

fosse

aven

avilissement

échoir

être enfoncé

faire couler

perdre de l’argent

récepteur

s’abaisser

saborder

s’affaisser

se baisser

s’effondrer

s’embourber

s’enliser

se tasser

s’incliner

siphon

tub

ne plus pouvoir sortir

rester enfermé

être bosselé

avoir un creux

affaiblissement moral

se sentir déprimé

évier de cuisine

s'abaisser

abaissement

Opposé de

faucet

Synonymes

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

Traductions

sinken

affondare

hundir

zinken

hundirse

afundar

pia

Waschbecken

fregadero

βυθίζω

βυθίζομαι

lavandino

lavello

sprofondare

versenken

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɪŋk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: synken

Appartenant à frison occidental: sinke

Appartenant à bas-allemand: sinken

Appartenant à néerlandais: zinken

Appartenant à allemand: sinken

Appartenant à danois: -

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: -

Appartenant à suédois: sjunka

Appartenant à ancien anglais: 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.