sink

English

/sɪŋk/

verb
Definitions
  • (heading) To move or be moved into something.
  • (heading) To diminish or be diminished.
  • (transitive) To conceal and appropriate.
  • (transitive) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
  • (transitive) To pay absolutely.
  • (transitive) To reduce or extinguish by payment.
  • (intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
  • (intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

Etymology

Derived from Old English sincan derived from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną (sink) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (sink, fall, drop).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sengʷ-

Gloss

sink, fall, drop

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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