sink

The word “sink” means to go down below the surface of water or another liquid, or to cause something to do so. In plain terms, going downward into something (water, mood) or the basin you wash things in.

“Sink” is pronounced SIHNGK (/ˈsɪŋk/ in IPA).

Here is “sink” used in a sentence: “Rocks in his pockets caused him to sink quickly.”

The opposite of “sink” — its antonyms — is antonym(s) of.

Depending on how it is used, “sink” can be a verb and a noun.

The word “sink” comes from Old English. From Old English sincan, from Proto-Germanic roots meaning "to fall or sink.".

“Sink” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A2 level.

“Sink” has 4 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: to go down below the surface of water or another liquid, or to cause something to do so.

'Sink' is the present tense, 'sank' is the standard simple past ('the boat sank'), and 'sunk' is the past participle used with 'have' or 'had' ('the boat has sunk'). 'Sunk' is also increasingly accepted as a simple past in informal use, but 'sank' remains the preferred past-tense form in careful writing.

To 'sink' means to go down below the surface of a liquid, and it can apply to objects, boats, or people. To 'drown' specifically means to die from being unable to breathe under water, and it applies to living things. A stone sinks but cannot drown.

'Sink' means to go down below a liquid's surface, or the basin you wash in, and it is unrelated in meaning to 'sync.' 'Sync' is short for 'synchronize,' meaning to match timing or data. They sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things.