Found 3 items, similar to sank.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: sank tenggelam, terpuruk
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sank sink n 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; “the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide” [ant: source] 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, swallow hole ] 4: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn: cesspool, cesspit, sump] v 1: fall or drop to a lower place or level; “He sank to his knees” [syn: drop, drop down] 2: cause to sink; “The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor” 3: pass into a specified state or condition; “He sank into Nirvana” [syn: pass, lapse] 4: go under, “The raft sank and its occupants drowned” [syn: settle, go down, go under] [ant: float] 5: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; “He sank into bed”; “She subsided into the chair” [syn: subside] 6: appear to move downward; “The sun dipped below the horizon”; “The setting sun sank below the tree line” [syn: dip] 7: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; “The real estate market fell off” [syn: slump, fall off] 8: fall or sink heavily; “He slumped onto the couch”; “My spirits sank” [syn: slump, slide down] 9: embed deeply; “She sank her fingers into the soft sand”; “He buried his head in her lap” [syn: bury] [also: sunken, sunk, sank] sank See sink
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sank Sank \Sank\ (s[a^][ng]k), imp. of Sink. [1913 Webster] Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. Sunk (s[u^][ng]k), or (Sank (s[a^][ng]k)); p. p. Sunk (obs. Sunken, -- now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinking.] [OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel. s["o]kkva, Dan. synke, Sw. sjunka, Goth. siggan, and probably to E. silt. Cf. Silt.] 1. To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west. [1913 Webster] I sink in deep mire. --Ps. lxix. 2. [1913 Webster] 2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate. [1913 Webster] The stone sunk into his forehead. --1 San. xvii. 49. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely. [1913 Webster] Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke ix. 44. [1913 Webster] 4. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease. [1913 Webster] I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He sunk down in his chariot. --2 Kings ix. 24. [1913 Webster] Let not the fire sink or slacken. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. [1913 Webster] The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay; decrease; lessen. [1913 Webster]