sink
/sɪŋk/ verb (past tense and past participle sank, also US sunk, past participle sunk)Translation
WATER [I, T] › to go down or make something go down below the surface of water and not come back up
batmak
The Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. During the first wave of attacks, they sank three enemy ships.1706SOFT SUBSTANCE [I, T] › to go down, or make something go down, into something soft
batmak, batırmak
My feet keep sinking into the sand. It sank its teeth into his arm.2255MOVE DOWN [I] › to move down slowly
sink in phrasal verb yavaş yavaş batmak
The sun sank below the horizon.2255 › If an unpleasant or surprising fact sinks in, you gradually start to believe it and understand what effect it will have on you.
sink sth into sth phrasal verb anlaşılmak, iyice kavranmak
It still hasn't sunk in that I'll never see her again.1121 › to spend a large amount of money in a business or other piece of work
sink into sth phrasal verb çok para yatırmak; epey harcama yapmak; büyük yatırım yapmak
Millisat has already sunk $25 million into the Hong Kong project.1411 › to slowly move into a sitting or lying position, in a relaxed or tired way
yorgunluktan veya istirahat amaçlı yavaş yavaş oturmak/yatmak
I just want to go home and sink into a hot bath.1952(Definition of sink verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
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