Antonyms for sink


Grammar : Verb
Spell : singk
Phonetic Transcription : sɪŋk


Definition of sink

Origin :
  • Old English sincan (intransitive) "become submerged, go under, subside" (past tense sanc, past participle suncen), from Proto-Germanic *senkwanan (cf. Old Saxon sinkan, Old Norse sökkva, Middle Dutch sinken, Dutch zinken, Old High German sinkan, German sinken, Gothic sigqan), from PIE root *sengw- "to sink."
  • The transitive use (mid-13c.) supplanted Middle English sench (cf. drink/drench) which died out 14c. Related: Sank; sunk; sinking. Sinking fund is from 1724. Adjective phrase sink or swim is from 1660s. To sink without a trace is World War I military jargon, translating German spurlos versenkt.
  • verb fall in, go under
  • verb fall, decrease
  • verb deteriorate
  • verb be humble or humbled
Example sentences :
  • Favour for a person will exalt the one, as disfavour will sink the other.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • I'd level straightway with the dust, and with it sink our shame.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • Pop was putting away the dishes, and Jud was scrubbing out the sink.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Do not let this great and disastrous fall sink you into lower depths of sin.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • In the light of the cross we cannot believe that He expected the race to sink.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • When they reached Bonanza the sun was low, and when they were off San Lucar it had begun to sink.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • The melted rock was so thick and heavy that I did not sink in.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • What was 't you said about our going to that sink of wickedness at Providence?
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume V (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Despair has made cowards brave: shall it sink the brave to cowards?
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Jeremiah, the captain deserts the ship, but you and I will sink or float with it.'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for sink

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