sink
verb [I or T] (GO DOWN BELOW) /sɪŋk/ (sank or US also sunk, sunk)Definition
B1 to (cause something or someone to) go down below the surface or to the bottom of a liquid or soft substance: The Titanic was a passenger ship which sank (to the bottom of the ocean) in 1912. The legs of the garden chair sank into the soft ground. Enemy aircraft sank two battleships. The dog sank her teeth into (= bit) the ball and ran off with it. → See also sunkenStaying afloat, capsizing and sinking
(Definition of sink verb (GO DOWN BELOW) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bail sth out phrasal verb
- buoy verb (FLOAT)
- buoyant adjective (FLOATING)
- capsize verb
- ducking noun
- float noun (NOT SINK)
- float verb (NOT SINK)
- flotation noun (FLOAT)
- founder verb
- go under phrasal verb (SINK)
- ground verb (KEEP ON LAND)
- resurface verb (APPEAR AGAIN)
- ride sth out phrasal verb
- right verb
- run aground/ashore idiom
- sank verb
- scupper verb (SINK)
- submerge verb
- sunken adjective
- waterlogged adjective
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