sink
verb (FALL) /sɪŋk/ (sank or US also sunk, sunk)Definition
B2 [I] to (cause something or someone to) fall or move to a lower level: The sun glowed red as it sank slowly below the horizon. Student numbers have sunk considerably this year.informal We sank (= drank) a bottle of wine each last night. The wounded soldier sank (= fell) to the ground. He sank into deep despair (= became very unhappy) when he lost his job.Moving downwardsFalling and dropping › [T] to hit a ball into a hole or pocket, especially in golf or snookerScoring, winning and losing in sportWinning and defeatingLosing and being defeated
(Definition of sink verb (FALL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- base jumping noun
- cascade verb
- descend verb (POSITION)
- dive verb (BECOME LESS)
- drop/fall/sink like a stone idiom
- fall down phrasal verb (FALL)
- fall noun (MOVEMENT DOWNWARDS)
- fall verb (COME DOWN)
- flop noun (FALL)
- flop verb (FALL)
- parachute verb
- plunge noun (MOVEMENT)
- plunge verb (FALL)
- put (sth) down (somewhere) phrasal verb
- rain (sth) down phrasal verb
- shower noun (MASS)
- shower verb (FALL)
- spiral verb
- subside verb (LOWER LEVEL)
- subsidence noun
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