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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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void
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v??d/
- Rhymes: -??d
- Hyphenation: void
Etymology 1
From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from a Vulgar Latin *vocitus, related to Latin vacuus (“empty”).
Adjective
void (not comparable)
- Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
- The earth was without form, and void.
- c. 1619–22, Philip Massinger and John Fletcher, A Very Woman
- I'll chain him in my study, that, at void hours, / I may run over the story of his country.
- Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Apophthegms
- divers great offices that had been long void
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Apophthegms
- Being without; destitute; devoid.
- He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor.
- Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
- [My word] shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please.
- I will make void the counsel of Judah.
- Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
- null and void
- Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
- (computing, programming, of a function or method) That does not return a value.
Translations
Noun
void (plural voids)
- An empty space; a vacuum.
- Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.
- (astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies
- (materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
- (fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
- (construction) An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
Synonyms
- ((engineering) collection of vacancies): pore
- ((engineering) pocket of vapour in fluid): bubble
Hyponyms
- ((astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies): Local Void
Translations
Verb
void (third-person singular simple present voids, present participle voiding, simple past and past participle voided)
- (transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
- after they had voided the obligation of the oath he had taken
- (transitive, medicine) To empty.
- To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
- You, that did void your rheum upon my beard, And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur
- 1612, John Webster, The White Devil
- With shovel, like a fury, voided out / The earth and scattered bones.
- a. 1692, Isaac Barrow, The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Repentance
- a watchful application of mind in voiding prejudices
- (intransitive, obsolete) To withdraw, depart.
- (transitive, obsolete) To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or empty; to quit; to leave.
- If they will fight with us, bid them come down, / Or void the field.
Synonyms
- (make invalid or worthless): annul, cancel
- ((medicine) to empty): evacuate
Translations
Etymology 2
Alteration of voidee.
Noun
void (plural voids)
- (now rare, historical) A voidee. [from 15th c.]
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 68:
- Late on the final evening, as the customary ‘void’ – spiced wine and sweetmeats – was served, more elaborate disguisings in the great hall culminated in the release of a flock of white doves.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin 2012, p. 68:
Anagrams
- Ovid, divo
Middle French
Alternative forms
- voit
Verb
void
- third-person singular indicative present of veoir
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