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Sink فرو رفتن Merge کردن ته دستشویی Things

Front sink
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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