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 →

2) To go down slowly: «The sun sank behind the hills». tree →

3) Of a ship: to go to the bottom of the sea. tree →

4) A noun: a basin with taps in a kitchen or bathroom for washing. tree →

5) To fall lower in amount: «Prices sank». tree →

6) In sport: to get a ball into a hole or net: sink a putt, sink a basket. tree →

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 →
• The Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean. tree →
• Wash your hands at the sink. tree →
• Put the dirty plates in the sink. tree →
• The sun sank behind the mountains. tree →
• My heart sank when I saw the broken vase. tree →
• It took a while for the news to sink in. tree →
• She sank the basket from the middle of the court. tree →
• The boat was again brought along-side of the sinking vessel. tree →

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.
• The water is freezing; the Mole sinks, comes up spluttering, sinks again — until a firm paw grabs his neck.
• Your hand does not sink into a table because the electrons in your hand and in the table push each other away.
• In a lava lamp, wax heated at the bottom expands, becomes less dense and rises, then cools and sinks.
• Raisins in lemonade rise when bubbles stick to them like floats and sink again when the bubbles pop at the top.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sink» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.