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upota — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • founder noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
  • sink verb To go down below the surface of water or another liquid, or to cause something to do so.
  • submerge verb To go completely under the surface of water or another liquid.

Senses

upota is used for these senses in English:

  • founder (transitive, archaic, nautical) To cause to flood and sink, as a ship.
  • go down To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
  • go down (intransitive) To be received or accepted.
  • go under To descend into a body of water; to founder.
  • sink (ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
  • sink (transitive, figurative) To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
  • submerge (transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.

founder — full definition

  1. noun A person who establishes an organization, company, or institution.
  2. verb To fail or fall apart, especially of a plan, negotiation, or ship.

sink — full definition

  1. verb To go down below the surface of water or another liquid, or to cause something to do so.
  2. verb To decline gradually in strength, mood, or condition.
  3. noun A fixed basin with a water supply and drain, used for washing.
  4. noun A place or system that absorbs a resource, such as heat or carbon.

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