Word a Day
sink
What does sink mean?
sink (verb): fall or descend to a lower place or level.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use sink in a sentence?
- He sank to his knees. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce sink?
/sɪŋk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does sink come from?
From Middle English synken, from Old English sincan.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “sink” mean?
fall or descend to a lower place or level
Right! That's what “sink” means.
use up a period of time in a specific way
Not quite: that's what spend means.
to come or go back (to a place or person)
Not quite: that's what return means.
to contain comfortably; to have space for
Not quite: that's what accommodate means.
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