Meaning

17 senses
  1. A 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

  2. A drain for carrying off wastewater.

    Abfluss, Ausguss

    сливsliv, стокstok, сто́чная труба́stóčnaja trubá

    зливzlyv

  3. A sinkhole.

  4. A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.

  5. A heat sink.

    Kühlblech, Kühlkörper, Wärmesenke

    теплоотво́дteplootvód, радиа́торradiátor

  6. A place that absorbs resources or energy.

  7. A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.

  8. (uncountable)Descending motion; descent.

    An excessive sink rate at touchdown can cause the aircraft's landing gear to collapse.

  9. Descending motion; descent.

    (uncountable)The motion of a sinker pitch.

    Jones has a two-seamer with heavy sink.

  10. An object or callback that captures events.

  11. A destination vertex in a transportation network.

    Senke

    коне́чная верши́наkonéčnaja veršína

  12. A node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.

Examples

671 sentences
  1. Would you put the dishes in the sink?

    Можеш поставити посуд до раковини?

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  2. Tom often leaves dirty dishes in the sink.

    Том часто залишає брудний посуд у раковині.

    ruТом часто оставляет грязную посуду в раковине.

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  3. 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.

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  4. The ship is sinking.

    Корабель тоне!

    ruКорабль тонет.

    deDas Schiff sinkt.

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  5. Our boat is sinking.

    Наш корабель тоне.

    ruНаш корабль тонет.

    deUnser Boot sinkt.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
basin:
wastewater drain:
Русский
By meaning 4
basin:
wastewater drain:
heat sink:
destination vertex:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
basin:
wastewater drain:
heat sink:
destination vertex:

Origin

From Middle English synken, from Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, fr

From 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
Singularsink

uncountable

Synonyms

8 synonyms
basin:basinB1washbasinwashbasin for washing fixtures without water supply
Close in meaning
  • 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 antonyms
faucetantonym(s) of
source

Word family

27 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sink — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto