Meaning
17 sensesA basin used for holding water for washing.
Abwasch, Abwaschbecken, Spüle
умыва́льникumyválʹnik, ра́ковинаrákovina, мо́йкаmójka
ми́йкаmýjka, ра́ковина для сті́кання во́диrákovyna dlja stíkannja vódy, ра́ковинаrákovyna
plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
A drain for carrying off wastewater.
Abfluss, Ausguss
сливsliv, стокstok, сто́чная труба́stóčnaja trubá
зливzlyv
A sinkhole.
A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
A heat sink.
Kühlblech, Kühlkörper, Wärmesenke
теплоотво́дteplootvód, радиа́торradiátor
A place that absorbs resources or energy.
A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
(uncountable)Descending motion; descent.
An excessive sink rate at touchdown can cause the aircraft's landing gear to collapse.
Descending motion; descent.
(uncountable)The motion of a sinker pitch.
Jones has a two-seamer with heavy sink.
An object or callback that captures events.
A destination vertex in a transportation network.
Senke
коне́чная верши́наkonéčnaja veršína
A node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.
Examples
671 sentencesWould you put the dishes in the sink?
Можеш поставити посуд до раковини?
Tom often leaves dirty dishes in the sink.
Том часто залишає брудний посуд у раковині.
ruТом часто оставляет грязную посуду в раковине.
I thought you were going to fix the sink.
Я думав, що ти збираєшся полагодити раковину.
ruЯ думал, вы собираетесь чинить раковину.
deDu wolltest doch die Spüle reparieren.
The ship is sinking.
Корабель тоне!
ruКорабль тонет.
deDas Schiff sinkt.
Our boat is sinking.
Наш корабель тоне.
ruНаш корабль тонет.
deUnser Boot sinkt.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English synken, from Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, frFrom Middle English synken, from Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”).
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Forms
plural: sinks| Singular | sink |
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uncountable
Synonyms
8 synonyms- a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof:sinkholeswallow hole
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it:cesspoolcesspitsump
Antonyms
3 antonymsWord family
27 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- in the sink
- the kitchen sink
- sinking below the
- the sun sank
- the ship sank
- kitchen sink
- ship that sank
- sinking ship
- ship sank
- sinking below
- boat sank
- sun sank