sink
A basin used for holding water for washingA basin used for holding water for washing.
» Would you put the dishes in the sink?
Можеш поставити посуд до раковини? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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? — deniko
Tom often leaves dirty dishes in the sink.
Том часто залишає брудний посуд у раковині. — mutternoise
ruТом часто оставляет грязную посуду в раковине. — mutternoise
I thought you were going to fix the sink.
Я думав, що ти збираєшся полагодити раковину. — deniko
ruЯ думал, вы собираетесь чинить раковину. — odexed
deDu wolltest doch die Spüle reparieren. — Waldelfe
The ship is sinking.
Корабель тоне! — deniko
ruКорабль тонет. — Biga
deDas Schiff sinkt. — Wolf
Our boat is sinking.
Наш корабель тоне. — deniko
ruНаш корабль тонет. — marafon
deUnser Boot sinkt. — Luiaard
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
6 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:sump
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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.