sink

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

zinken

gootsteen

aanboren

tot zinken brengen

neerlaten

aan de grond raken

wastafel

onderdompelen

boren

dalen

wasbak

zakken

lavabo

afwasbak

doen zinken

duiken

inzinken

onderduiken

ondergaan

wegzakken

indompelen

inzakken

laten zinken

ontmoeten

raken

riool

strijken

tegemoet treden

tegenkomen

graven

toucheren

treffen

vellen

vernietigen

verzakken

beroeren

waskom

bassin

aankomen

aantreffen

🔍

aanraken

zinkput

afzakken

sink

bezinken

doorzakken

fonteintje

laten zakken

landen

neerstrijken

Tegenovergesteld aan

faucet

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

sinken

affondare

couler

hundir

évier

sombrer

hundirse

afundar

s’enfoncer

Waschbecken

pia

fregadero

βυθίζω

βυθίζομαι

lavandino

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/sɪŋk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: synken

Verwant aan Fries: sinke

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: sinken

Verwant aan Nederlands: zinken

Verwant aan Duits: sinken

Verwant aan Deens: -

Verwant aan Noors - Bokmål: -

Verwant aan Zweeds: sjunka

Verwant aan Oudengels: 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.