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# sink

«sink» in Mova's school dictionary: **To go down below the top of water or another liquid: «The…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (sink, sinks, sank, sunk, sinking); noun (a sink, sinks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To go down below the top of water or another liquid: «The stone sank». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#m1)

2) To go down slowly: «The sun sank behind the hills». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#m2)

3) Of a ship: to go to the bottom of the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#m3)

4) A noun: a basin with taps in a kitchen or bathroom for washing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#m4)

5) To fall lower in amount: «Prices sank». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#m5)

6) In sport: to get a ball into a hole or net: sink a putt, sink a basket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In science: float or sink experiments — an object sinks if it is denser than the water (heavy for its size), like a stone or a coin; a lump of clay sinks but a clay boat floats. In hygiene: wash hands at the sink. In safety: don't play near deep water; a full sink can be dangerous for toddlers. In stories: «my heart sank» means I suddenly felt sad or worried. Phrases: sink or swim, kitchen sink, my heart sank, sink in (be understood), sinking feeling.

### examples

- Stones sink, but wood floats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#x1)
- The Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#x2)
- Wash your hands at the sink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#x3)
- Put the dirty plates in the sink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#x4)
- The sun sank behind the mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#x5)
- My heart sank when I saw the broken vase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#x6)
- It took a while for the news to sink in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#x7)
- She sank the basket from the middle of the court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#x8)
- The boat was again brought along-side of the sinking vessel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/#x9)

### note

Irregular: sink, sank, sunk (not «sinked»). Opposite: float. Heavy things don't always sink: a big ship floats because of its shape. «Sink in» = finally be understood.

### In the corpora

- [Sharks have no swim bladder, so many sink if they stop swimming.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/28-sharks/12/)
- [The water is freezing; the Mole sinks, comes up spluttering, sinks again — until a firm paw grabs his neck.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/6/)
- [Your hand does not sink into a table because the electrons in your hand and in the table push each other away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/1-what-is-everything-made-of/15/)
- [In a lava lamp, wax heated at the bottom expands, becomes less dense and rises, then cools and sinks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/7-oil-and-water/12/)
- [Raisins in lemonade rise when bubbles stick to them like floats and sink again when the bubbles pop at the top.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/19-fizzy-drinks-mentos-and-cola/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sink» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sink/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.