sink
/ˈsɪŋk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To move or be moved into something.
Example Sentences
- "A stone sinks in water. The sun gradually sank in the west."
- "An iceberg sank the Titanic. British battleships sank the Bismarck."
- "Before installing the new surfacing material, sink any protruding nails."
- "I have to take the turn, sink hooks and nails so I'll return And it could get me every time, but I must taste fire Infectious is the flame that burns"
- "The joint will hold tighter if you sink a wood screw through both boards. The dog sank its teeth into the delivery man's leg."
- "to sink a well in the ground"
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. In the causative sense, it replaced Old English senċan (“make sink”) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *sengʷ-, synken, sincan, *sinkwan, *sinkwaną, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɪŋk/
- British English: /ˈsɪŋk/
Usage
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Derived Forms
Phrases
like a rat from a sinking ship
loose lips sink ships
sink in
sinking fund
sinking head
sinking pump
sinking ship
sink like a stone
Frequently Paired Words
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faucet
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