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sink
English
Etymology
From Old English sincan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwan?, from Proto-Indo-European *seng?- (“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 sen?an (“make sink”) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijan?.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /s??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
- Homophones: sync, synch, cinque
Verb
sink (third-person singular simple present sinks, present participle sinking, simple past sank or sunk, past participle sunk or sunken)
- (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
- (ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
- (transitive) To cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.
- (transitive) To push (something) into something.
- (transitive) To make by digging or delving.
- to sink a well in the ground
- (transitive, snooker, pool, billiards, golf) To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
- 2008, Edward Keating, The Joy of Ex: A Novel
- My sister beats me at pool in public a second time. I claim some dignity back by potting two of my balls before Tammy sinks the black.
- 2008, Edward Keating, The Joy of Ex: A Novel
- (ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
- (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
- (intransitive, figuratively, of the human heart) To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Ch.21:
- I tried, but I could not wake him. This caused me a great fear, and I looked around terrified. Then indeed, my heart sank within me. Beside the bed, as if he had stepped out of the mist, or rather as if the mist had turned into his figure, for it had entirely disappeared, stood a tall, thin man, all in black.
- 1915, Thornton W. Burgess, The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston; ch. XIX:
- Peter's heart sank. "Don't you think it is dreadful?" he asked.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Ch.21:
- (transitive, figuratively) To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
- c. 1613, William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, Henry VIII, Act II, scene i:
- And if I have a conscience, let it sink me
- 1700, Nicholas Rowe The Ambitious Stepmother, Act II, scene ii:
- Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power / Has sunk thy father more than all his years.
- c. 1613, William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, Henry VIII, Act II, scene i:
- (intransitive) To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
- 2013, Steve Henschel, Niagara This Week, April 24:
- Who would sink so low as to steal change from veterans?
- 2013, Steve Henschel, Niagara This Week, April 24:
- (intransitive, figuratively, of the human heart) To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
- (transitive, slang, archaic) To conceal and appropriate.
- (transitive, slang, archaic) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
- 1849 December 15, Frederick William Robertson, Sermon 14, “The Principle of Spiritual Harvest”:
- I say not always dishonorable qualifications, but a certain flexibility of disposition; a certain courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths, and adapt ourselves to the prejudices of the minds of others […]
- 1849 December 15, Frederick William Robertson, Sermon 14, “The Principle of Spiritual Harvest”:
- (transitive, slang) To pay absolutely.
- (transitive, slang, archaic) To reduce or extinguish by payment.
- (intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
- I think our country sinks beneath the yoke.
- (intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
Usage notes
- Use of sunk for the simple past instead of sank is not uncommon, but may be considered non-standard.
Synonyms
- (descend into a liquid, etc): descend, go down
- (submerge): dip, dunk, submerge
- (cause (ship, etc) to sink):
- (push (something) into):
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
sink (plural sinks)
- A basin used for holding water for washing.
- A drain for carrying off wastewater.
- (geology) A sinkhole.
- A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
- A heat sink.
- A place that absorbs resources or energy.
- (ecology) A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
- (baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
- Jones has a two-seamer with heavy sink.
- (computing, programming) An object or callback that captures events; event sink
- (graph theory) a destination vertex in a transportation network
- An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
- A depression in a stereotype plate.
- (theater) A stage trap-door for shifting scenery.
- (mining) An excavation less than a shaft.
- (game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation
- Antonym: faucet
Synonyms
- (basin): basin, washbasin; see also washbasin for washing fixtures without water supply
Antonyms
- (destination vertex): source
Derived terms
- (washbasin): vessel sink
Translations
Related terms
- countersink
- everything but the kitchen sink
References
- Honey, I sunk the boat, The Grammarphobia Blog
Anagrams
- -kins, inks, k'ins, kins, skin
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??k/
Etymology 1
From Dutch zinken, from Middle Dutch sinken, from Old Dutch *sincan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwan?, from Proto-Indo-European *seng?- (“to fall, sink”).
Verb
sink (present sink, present participle sinkende, past participle gesink)
- (intransitive) to sink
Etymology 2
From Dutch zink, from German Zink.
Noun
sink (uncountable)
- zinc
Estonian
Noun
sink (genitive singi, partitive sinki)
- ham
Declension
Faroese
Etymology
From German Zink.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s???k/
- Rhymes: -???k
Noun
sink n (genitive singular sinks, uncountable)
- (metal) zinc
Declension
Derived terms
- sinksalva
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -???k
Noun
sink n (genitive singular sinks, no plural)
- zinc (chemical element)
Declension
Anagrams
- skin
Mauritian Creole
Numeral
sink
- Alternative spelling of senk
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
sink m or n (definite singular sinken or sinket) (uncountable)
- zinc (chemical element, symbol Zn)
Derived terms
- forsinke
- sinksulfat
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Zink.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??k/
Noun
sink m or n (definite singular sinken or sinket) (uncountable)
- zinc (chemical element, symbol Zn)
Derived terms
- sinksulfat
References
- “sink” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
West Frisian
Verb
sink
- first-person singular present of sinke
- imperative of sinke
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cave
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French cave, from Latin cava (“cavity”), from cavus (“hollow”). Cognate with Tocharian B throat (kor), Albanian cup (“odd, uneven”), Ancient Greek ???? (kúar, “eye of needle, earhole”), Old Armenian ??? (sor, “hole”), Sanskrit ????? (??nya, “empty, barren, zero”). Displaced native Old English s?ræf.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?v, IPA(key): /ke?v/
- Rhymes: -e?v
Noun
cave (plural caves)
- A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- A hole, depression, or gap in earth or rock, whether natural or man-made.
- A storage cellar, especially for wine or cheese.
- A place of retreat, such as a man cave.
- (caving) A naturally-occurring cavity in bedrock which is large enough to be entered by an adult.
- (nuclear physics) A shielded area where nuclear experiments can be carried out.
- (drilling, uncountable) Debris, particularly broken rock, which falls into a drill hole and interferes with drilling.
- (mining) A collapse or cave-in.
- (figuratively, also slang) The vagina.
- (slang, politics, often "Cave") A group that breaks from a larger political party or faction on a particular issue.
- (obsolete) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity.
- (programming) A code cave.
Synonyms
- earthhole
Derived terms
- cave dweller
- caveman
- cave painting
- cavewoman
- seacave
Translations
Verb
cave (third-person singular simple present caves, present participle caving, simple past and past participle caved)
- To surrender.
- To collapse.
- To hollow out or undermine.
- To engage in the recreational exploration of caves.
- Synonym: spelunk
- (mining) In room-and-pillar mining, to extract a deposit of rock by breaking down a pillar which had been holding it in place.
- (mining, obsolete) To work over tailings to dress small pieces of marketable ore.
- (obsolete) To dwell in a cave.
Derived terms
- block caving
- cave in
- caver
- caving hammer
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin cav?, second-person singular present active imperative of cave? (“to beware”). Used at Eton College, Berkshire.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k??v?, IPA(key): /?ke?vi/
- Rhymes: -e?vi
- Homophone: cavy
Interjection
cave
- (Britain, school slang) look out!; beware!
Synonyms
- heads up, look out, watch it, see also Thesaurus:heads up
Derived terms
- keep cave
Translations
Anagrams
- evac
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kav/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin cavus (“concave; cavity”).
Adjective
cave (plural caves)
- pitted
- concave
- cavernous
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Late Latin cava, substantivized form of Latin cava, feminine of the adjective cavus.
Noun
cave f (plural caves)
- A cellar or basement.
- (specifically) A wine cellar; or, a piece of furniture that serves the purpose of a wine cellar.
- (by extension) A wine selection.
- caves: An estate where wine grapes are grown or (especially) where wine is produced.
- cave à liqueurs: A chest for the storage of liquors.
Derived terms
- cave à vin
Etymology 3
Probably from cavé, from the past participle of caver, a term used in games.
Noun
cave m (plural caves)
- (Quebec, slang) An imbecile, a stupid person.
Anagrams
- avec
Further reading
- “cave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
cave
- feminine plural of cavo
Noun
cave f
- plural of cava
Latin
Verb
cav?
- second-person singular present imperative of cave?
- 1st century AD, Petronius, Satyricon
- Cave canem.
- Beware of the dog.
- Cave canem.
- 1st century AD, Petronius, Satyricon
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
cave f (plural caves)
- (Jersey) cave, cellar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -avi
Noun
cave m (plural caves)
- cellar
Verb
cave
- first-person singular present subjunctive of cavar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of cavar
- third-person singular imperative of cavar
Spanish
Verb
cave
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of cavar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of cavar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of cavar.
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