sink in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
sink in Kashmiri कॉशुर
sink in English
- sink⇄expr. sink in, to be understood or grasped.
Ex. The warning failed to sink in, and he got into trouble as a consequence. - sink⇄expr. sink into, to be understood or grasped by.
Ex. Let the lesson sink into your mind. - sink⇄expr. sink or swim, to succeed or fail depending on one's own efforts.
Ex. Both groups recognize that they must sink or swim together and that they have to solve their own problems (Theodore W. Kheel). - sink⇄noun 1. a shallow basin or tub with a drainpipe.
Ex. The dishes are in the kitchen sink.
2. a drain; sewer.
3. a place where dirty water or any filth collects.
4. (Figurative.) a place of vice or corruption.
Ex. That road - sink⇄sink, verb, sankor (sometimes)sunk,sunkor (now chiefly used as an adjective)sunken,sinking,noun.
- sink⇄v.i. 1. to go down; fall slowly; go lower and lower.
Ex. to sink into a chair. She sank to the floor in a faint. The sun is sinking in the west.
(SYN) subside, descend, fall, settle, decline.
2. to go under.
Ex. The ship is sink - sink⇄v.t. 1. to make go down; make fall.
Ex. Lack of rain sank the reservoirs.
2. to make go under.
Ex. The submarine sank two ships.
3. to make lower or weaker; reduce.
Ex. Sink your voice to a whisper.
(SYN) diminish.