| Front | sink |
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| Back | a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof sink verb فرو رفتن dive, sink, immerge, founder, merge غرق شدن sink, drown, go down, merge نزول کردن sink, come down, descend مستغرق بودن sink فرو بردن plunge, immerse, stab, dig in, swallow, sink ته رفتن sink نشست کردن extravasate, settle, sink, subside گود افتادن sink noun چاهک sink, sump لگن دستشویی washbasin, sink, washbowl دست شویی اشپزخانه sink وان دستشویی sink رسوخ seepage, sink, seep, ooze, transfusion, transudation ته نشینی sedimentation, precipitation, settlement, sink, alluvion, illuviation حفره یا گودال sink When things sink, they settle or drop to a lower level. If your kayak has a leak, it might fill with water and sink to the bottom of the lake. Things can sink, like a toy octopus descending to the bottom of the bathtub or the sun appearing to sink below the horizon. You can also deliberately sink something, as when you capsize your friend's remote controlled speedboat on purpose. When sink is a noun, it's the water basin in your kitchen or bathroom. The Old English root of both kinds of sink is sincan, "become submerged or go under," from a Germanic source. A light snow had fallen the night before, and there were stones and roots and hidden sinks lying just under its crust, waiting for the careless and the unwary. |
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