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sink:

to sink verb (sinks, sank, sinking)

  1. to sink (perish; suffer; set; )
    – go under, 1
    sombrer; couler; s'effoncer dans l'eau
    • sombrer verb (sombre, sombres, sombrons, sombrez, )
    • couler verb (coule, coules, coulons, coulez, )
  2. to sink (drop; fall; tumble)
    baisser; tomber; diminuer; couler; décroître; se plonger; sombrer; s'écrouler; s'affaisser; s'effoncer
    • baisser verb (baisse, baisses, baissons, baissez, )
    • tomber verb (tombe, tombes, tombons, tombez, )
    • diminuer verb (diminue, diminues, diminuons, diminuez, )
    • couler verb (coule, coules, coulons, coulez, )
    • décroître verb (décroîs, décroît, décroîssons, décroîssez, )
    • se plonger verb
    • sombrer verb (sombre, sombres, sombrons, sombrez, )
    • s'effoncer verb
  3. to sink (sag; subside; prolapse; )
    s'affaisser; s'ébouler
  4. to sink (be going down hill; prolapse; subside; sag; go under)
    couler; sombrer; s'enfoncer; s'enliser
    • couler verb (coule, coules, coulons, coulez, )
    • sombrer verb (sombre, sombres, sombrons, sombrez, )
    • s'enfoncer verb
    • s'enliser verb
  5. to sink (let sink)
    faire couler
  6. to sink (decrease; shrink; go down)
    diminuer; réduire; rétrécir; décroître; se rétrécir; se contracter
    • diminuer verb (diminue, diminues, diminuons, diminuez, )
    • réduire verb (réduis, réduit, réduisons, réduisez, )
    • rétrécir verb (rétrécis, rétrécit, rétrécissons, rétrécissez, )
    • décroître verb (décroîs, décroît, décroîssons, décroîssez, )

Conjugations for sink:

present
  1. sink
  2. sink
  3. sinks
  4. sink
  5. sink
  6. sink
simple past
  1. sank
  2. sank
  3. sank
  4. sank
  5. sank
  6. sank
present perfect
  1. have sunk
  2. have sunk
  3. has sunk
  4. have sunk
  5. have sunk
  6. have sunk
past continuous
  1. was sinking
  2. were sinking
  3. was sinking
  4. were sinking
  5. were sinking
  6. were sinking
future
  1. shall sink
  2. will sink
  3. will sink
  4. shall sink
  5. will sink
  6. will sink
continuous present
  1. am sinking
  2. are sinking
  3. is sinking
  4. are sinking
  5. are sinking
  6. are sinking
subjunctive
  1. be sunk
  2. be sunk
  3. be sunk
  4. be sunk
  5. be sunk
  6. be sunk
diverse
  1. sink!
  2. let's sink!
  5. sunk
  6. sink
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

sink [the ~] noun

  1. the sink (washbasin)
    le lavabo; la cuvette
  2. the sink (washbasin)
    le lavabo; la toilette
  3. the sink (kitchen sink)
    le dressoir de cuisine; l'évier
  4. the sink (rinsing-tub)
    l'évier
  5. the sink
    – A device or part of a device that receives something from another device. 2
    le récepteur

Translation Matrix for sink:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
couler draining away; flowing away; running away
cuvette sink; washbasin barrel; bucket; butt; cask; coal-scuttle; dip; drum; ewer; hold; hollow; hollow in the dunes; jug; pail; pan; tub; valley; vat; vessel; wash-hand basin; water jug
diminuer tiring out; wearing out
dressoir de cuisine kitchen sink; sink
décroître die away
lavabo sink; washbasin handbasin; washbasin
récepteur sink addressee; consignee; destiny; receiver; recipient; remote sensor; telephone receiver
toilette sink; washbasin attire; clothes; clothing; costume; dress; garb; garments; gear; gents room; ladies' room; lavatory; livery; loo; outfit; privy; togs; toilet
évier kitchen sink; rinsing-tub; sink rinsing-tub; washing-trough
- cesspit; cesspool; sinkhole; sump; swallow hole
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
baisser drop; fall; sink; tumble be shortcoming; bring down; curtail; cut down; decline; decrease; dim; diminish; dwindle; economise; economize; go thieving; lessen; lower; mark down; reduce; regress; remove; save; scale down; shrink; shrink away; take away; wain; waining
couler be going down hill; drop; fall; go under; perish; prolapse; sag; set; sink; submerge; subside; succumb; suffer; tumble come down in torrents; drain away; drain off; drip; drop; flee; flow; flow away; fly; galvanise; galvanize; gush; leak away; pitter; pour; run; stream; trickle
diminuer decrease; drop; fall; go down; shrink; sink; tumble abridge; be shortcoming; clip; crop; curtail; cut down; cut short; decline; decrease; diminish; drop; dwindle; economise; economize; go down; go thieving; lessen; make smaller; mark down; minimise; minimize; moderate; recoil; recoil from; reduce; regress; remove; save; scale down; shorten; shrink; shrink away; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; take away; trim; use sparingly; wain; waining; withdraw
décroître decrease; drop; fall; go down; shrink; sink; tumble be shortcoming; curtail; decline; decrease; diminish; drop; dwindle; go down; go thieving; lessen; make smaller; mark down; recoil; recoil from; reduce; regress; remove; scale down; shrink; shrink away; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; take away; wain; waining; withdraw
faire couler let sink; sink shed
réduire decrease; go down; shrink; sink abbreviate; abridge; be shortcoming; boil down; clip; collapse; concentrate; condense; convert; crop; curtail; cut down; cut short; decline; decrease; diminish; dwindle; economise; economize; go thieving; lessen; make smaller; mark down; minimise; minimize; moderate; reduce; regress; remove; save; scale down; shorten; shrink; shrink away; take away; thicken; trim; use sparingly; wain; waining
rétrécir decrease; go down; shrink; sink constrict; diminish; dwindle; narrow; shrink
s'affaisser cave in; collapse; drop; fall; give way; prolapse; sag; sink; subside; tumble bend; buckle; bulge out; cave in; collapse; give way; prolapse; sag; sink in; subside
s'effoncer drop; fall; sink; tumble
s'effoncer dans l'eau go under; perish; set; sink; submerge; succumb; suffer
s'enfoncer be going down hill; go under; prolapse; sag; sink; subside bulge out; cave in; collapse; crumble down; galvanise; galvanize; prolapse; relapse; sag; sink in; slump; subside
s'enliser be going down hill; go under; prolapse; sag; sink; subside silt up
s'ébouler cave in; collapse; give way; prolapse; sag; sink; subside cave in
s'écrouler drop; fall; sink; tumble break down; break up; buckle; cave in; collapse; come off worst; crash; crash down; crumble down; demolish; destroy; drag down; drop; get down; give way; go to pieces; go to the dogs; have a breakdown; prolapse; pull down; relapse; sag; slump; subside; take down; taste defeat; tear down; tear loose; topple down; wreck
se contracter decrease; go down; shrink; sink contract; diminish; dwindle; shrink; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; subside; wizen
se plonger drop; fall; sink; tumble galvanise; galvanize
se rétrécir decrease; go down; shrink; sink diminish; dwindle; shrink; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; subside; wizen
sombrer be going down hill; drop; fall; go under; perish; prolapse; sag; set; sink; submerge; subside; succumb; suffer; tumble be killed; decline; fall; galvanise; galvanize; go to pieces; go to the dogs; go to wrack and ruin; perish
tomber drop; fall; sink; tumble be a failure; be overthrown; collapse; come down; crash down; depend on; descend; drape; drop; end up somewhere; fall; fall down; fall off; fall over; go down; hang; land; pour in; somersault; take a nosedive; thunder down; trip up; tumble; tumble down
- bury; dip; drop; drop down; fall off; go down; go under; lapse; pass; settle; slide down; slump; subside
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- be wrecked; decline; founder; go down; kitchen sink; trough
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
récepteur receptive

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Related Definitions for "sink":

  1. a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it1
  2. plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe1
  3. a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof1
  4. (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system1
    • the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide1
  5. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly1
  6. embed deeply1
    • She sank her fingers into the soft sand1
  7. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place1
    • He sank into bed1
  8. pass into a specified state or condition1
    • He sank into nirvana1
  9. fall or descend to a lower place or level1
    • He sank to his knees1
  10. cause to sink1
    • The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor1
  11. fall or sink heavily1
    • My spirits sank1
  12. go under,1
    • The raft sank and its occupants drowned1
  13. appear to move downward1
    • The setting sun sank below the tree line1
  14. A device or part of a device that receives something from another device.2

Wiktionary Translations for sink:

sink
verb
  1. descend into liquid, etc
    • sink → s'enfoncer
  2. cause (ship, etc) to sink
noun
  1. basin
sink
verb
  1. Faire descendre, mettre plus bas
  2. Descendre insensiblement au fond de l’eau.
  3. a Mettre au fond, pousser vers le fond, faire pénétrer bien avant.
  4. Percer.
  5. asphyxier par immersion.
  6. trouver en chemin une personne ou une chose.
noun
  1. table en céramique, en métal ou en pierre, comportant un bassin creusé dans lequel on lave la vaisselle, et qui a un trou pour l’écoulement des eaux.
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
• sink → évier ↔ gootsteen — een bak, meestal ingebouwd in een aanrecht, onder een kraan en met een afvoer
• sink → couler ↔ zinken — in een vloeistof, meestal water, traag naar beneden zakken
• sink → évier ↔ Ausguss — gewollte, tief liegende (verschließbare) Öffnung in einem Becken, an der der komplette Inhalt des Behälters (zielgerichtet) nach außen entweichen kann
• sink → bassin ↔ Becken — flacher, oben offener, oft fest installierter Behälter für Wasser oder eine andere Flüssigkeit
• sink → doline ↔ Doline — Geologie: eine schlot-, trichter- oder schüsselförmige Senke von meist rundem oder elliptischen Grundriss in KarstgebietenWikipedia|Doline
• sink → évier ↔ Waschbecken — meist an einer Wand befestigte, sanitäre Anlage zum Waschen
• sink → couler ↔ sinken — von Schiffen: untergehen
• sink → descendre; scendere ↔ sinken — (fliegend) absteigen; sich nach unten bewegen
• sink → enfoncer ↔ sinken — in einer Flüssigkeit oder Ähnlichem durch die Schwerkraft nach unten gezogen werden
• sink → baisser; chuter; diminuire ↔ sinken — weniger oder kleiner werden

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