sink
/ˈsɪŋk/ verbo B1En español: hundirse, afondar, hundir, echar a fondo
- To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance. · A stone sinks in water. The sun gradually sank in the west.
- To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight. · An iceberg sank the Titanic. British battleships sank the Bismarck.
- To push (something) into something. · The joint will hold tighter if you sink a wood screw through both boards. The dog sank its teeth into the delivery man's leg.
- To make by digging or delving. · to sink a well in the ground
- To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
- To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
- To cause to decline; to depress or degrade. · to sink one's reputation
- To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
He/she/it sinks · Pasado sank · Participio pasado sunk · Forma en -ing sinking
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- sink
- He/she/it
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- Pasado
- sank
- Participio pasado
- sunk
- Forma en -ing
- sinking
Un verbo irregular: apréndete de memoria su pasado y su participio pasado.
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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When water is near and a weight is missing it is not a very far-fetched supposition that something has been sunk in the water.
She just sat in her dressing gown by her bedroom fire, with her head sunk in her hands.
A despairing cry escaped the pale lips of Mercédès; the old man sank into a chair.
My friend had sat with his head upon his hands, sunk in the deepest thought.
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