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Results for: "sink"

Translating from English to Romanian

Translations:

sink — basin with taps, washbasin
→ chiuvetă f
sink — descend into liquid, etc
→ scufunda
→ afunda

More translations:

sink
→ a se scufunda
sink
→ a coborî
sink
→ a intra (în)
sink
→ a se demoraliza
sink
→ a investi
sink
→ chiuvetă

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (4)

1. plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe;

2. (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system;
- Example: "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"

3. a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof;
[syn: sinkhole, sink, swallow hole]

4. a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it;
[syn: cesspool, cesspit, sink, sump]


VERB (9)

1. fall or descend to a lower place or level;
- Example: "He sank to his knees"
[syn: sink, drop, drop down]

2. cause to sink;
- Example: "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"

3. pass into a specified state or condition;
- Example: "He sank into nirvana"
[syn: sink, pass, lapse]

4. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned";
[syn: sink, settle, go down, go under]

5. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place;
- Example: "He sank into bed"
- Example: "She subsided into the chair"
[syn: sink, subside]

6. appear to move downward;
- Example: "The sun dipped below the horizon"
- Example: "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
[syn: dip, sink]

7. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly;
- Example: "The real estate market fell off"
[syn: slump, fall off, sink]

8. fall or sink heavily;
- Example: "He slumped onto the couch"
- Example: "My spirits sank"
[syn: slump, slide down, sink]

9. embed deeply;
- Example: "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"
- Example: "He buried his head in her lap"
[syn: bury, sink]