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  • 31sink — {{11}}sink (n.) early 15c., pool or pit for wastewater or sewage, from SINK (Cf. sink) (v.). Sense of shallow basin with drainpipe first recorded 1560s. {{12}}sink (v.) O.E. sincan become submerged, go under (past tense sanc, pp. suncen), from… …

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  • 32sink — 01. It took about three and a half hours for the fishing boat to [sink] after it hit a rock. 02. The Titanic was supposed to be [unsinkable], but obviously it wasn t. 03. The little girl s feet [sank] into the warm mud. 04. The old man [sank]… …

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  • 33sink — [[t]sɪŋk[/t]] v. sank, often, sunk; sunksunk•en; sink•ing; 1) to fall, drop, or descend gradually to a lower level or position: The ship sank to the bottom of the sea[/ex] 2) to settle or fall gradually: The building is sinking[/ex] 3) to fall or …

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  • 34sink — v. & n. v. (past sank or sunk; past part. sunk or sunken) 1 intr. fall or come slowly downwards. 2 intr. disappear below the horizon (the sun is sinking). 3 intr. a go or penetrate below the surface esp. of a liquid. b (of a ship) go to the… …

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  • 35sink — sink1 verb (past sank; past participle sunk) 1》 go down below the surface of liquid; become submerged.     ↘(with reference to a ship) go or cause to go to the bottom of the sea. 2》 fail and not be seen or heard of again.     ↘cause to fail.… …

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  • 36sink — [OE] Sink is a general Germanic verb, with relatives in German sinken, Dutch zinken, Swedish sjunka, and Danish synke. But where their common Germanic ancestor came from is not known. These days, sink means both ‘go below water’ and ‘cause to go… …

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  • 37sink — 1. verb 1) the coffin sank below the waves Syn: become submerged, be engulfed, go down, drop, fall, descend Ant: float, rise 2) the cruise liner sank yesterday Syn …

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  • 38sink*/*/ — [sɪŋk] (past tense sank [sæŋk] ; past participle sunk [sʌŋk] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to disappear below the surface of water, or to make something do this The ferry sank during a storm.[/ex] The ship was sunk by an enemy submarine.[/ex] 2) [I] to go… …

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  • 39sink — [OE] Sink is a general Germanic verb, with relatives in German sinken, Dutch zinken, Swedish sjunka, and Danish synke. But where their common Germanic ancestor came from is not known. These days, sink means both ‘go below water’ and ‘cause to go… …

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  • 40Sink — This most interesting and unusual surname with variant spellings Synke, Syncke, Zincke, Zink etc., has two distinct possible origins, both Germanic. Firstly, the derivation may be from the male given name Sink, itself a Frisian form of Signand… …

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