sink
To move or be moved into something.
Verb 4 meanings
To move or be moved into something.
“A stone sinks in water. The sun gradually sank in the west.”
To diminish or be diminished.
To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
Noun 4 meanings
A basin used for holding water for washing.
A drain for carrying off wastewater.
A sinkhole.
A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
Etymology
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”). Compare West Frisian sinke, Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, German sinken, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synke, Swedish sjunka.
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SINK at a glance
SINK has 4 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + I 1 + N 1 + K 5) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,991 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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