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Senke — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dell noun A small, deep valley, especially one that is wooded or hollowed out naturally.
  • depression noun A mental health condition marked by persistent sadness, low energy, and loss of interest in life.
  • dip verb To lower something briefly into a liquid.
  • hollow noun A small valley or dip between hills, or a sunken area on a surface.
  • notch noun A V-shaped or angular cut or indentation in an edge or surface.
  • sink verb To go down below the surface of water or another liquid, or to cause something to do so.
  • slack adj Loose; not pulled tight.
  • swale noun A stretch of low-lying ground that is wet or boggy.
  • valley noun A long, low area of land between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it.

Senses

Senke is used for these senses in English:

  • dell A small, deep, and wooded valley or sunken area of ground, especially in the form of a natural hollow.
  • depression (geography) An area that is lower in topography than its surroundings.
  • dip A lower section of a road or geological feature.
  • hollow (geography) A small valley between mountains.
  • sink (graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation network.
  • slack In particular, a shallow dell or hollow; a dip in the surface of terrain, such as between hills.
  • swale A low tract of moist or marshy land.
  • swale A shallow, usually grassy depression sloping downward from a plains upland meadow or level vegetated ridgetop.

depression — full definition

  1. noun A mental health condition marked by persistent sadness, low energy, and loss of interest in life.
  2. noun A period of severe decline in a country's economy, with high unemployment and falling output.
  3. noun A hollow or sunken area, such as in land or a surface.
  4. noun An area of low atmospheric pressure that often brings unsettled or stormy weather.
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