Meaning

2 senses

  1. To bite; to bite into.

  2. (broadly, colloquial, figuratively)To become enthusiastically involved in.

    He can't wait to sink his teeth into the new project.

Examples

68 sentences

  1. He sank the knife into her back.

    ruОн воткнул нож ей в спину. — paul_lingvo

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  2. I didn't sink into the mud too far.

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  3. Tom certainly sunk a lot of money into his business.

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  4. Tom sank into depression.

    deTom verfiel in eine Depression. — Reini

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  5. Tom sank into a chair.

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Forms

sinks one's teeth into, sinking one's teeth into, sank one's teeth into, sunk one's teeth into
Base formsink one's teeth into · to sink one's teeth into
3rd person singularsinks one's teeth into
Present participlesinking one's teeth into
Past simplesank one's teeth into
Past participlesunk one's teeth into

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysink one's teeth into
he, she, itsinks one's teeth into

Past simpleLesson

all personssank one's teeth into

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sunk one's teeth into
he, she, ithas sunk one's teeth into

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sink one's teeth into

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
singularitysinistersinkB1sinkersinkholesinner
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