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| ablaut |
a pattern of changes in sounds, usually vowels, that indicate variations in tense, number, person, or the like, as in "sink," "sank," and "sunk". |
| basin |
a sink in a bathroom; washbasin. [1/6 definitions] |
| bathroom |
a room containing a bath or shower, a sink, and often a toilet. [2 definitions] |
| bowl1 |
the rounded, dishlike part of something, as of a spoon, sink, or toilet. [1/6 definitions] |
| dip |
to slope downward or appear to sink. [1/15 definitions] |
| drainboard |
a sloping surface placed next to or in a kitchen sink on which dishes are left to dry. |
| droop |
to hang or sink down; bend limply. [1/4 definitions] |
| drop |
to sink down as if exhausted or hurt. [1/17 definitions] |
| founder2 |
of a ship or boat, to sink after filling up with water. [2/5 definitions] |
| mire |
to cause to sink or stick in deep mud. [2/7 definitions] |
| sag |
to sink, hang, or bend downward in the middle. [1/8 definitions] |
| sank |
past tense of sink. |
| scupper |
to sink (a ship) intentionally. [1/3 definitions] |
| scuttle3 |
to purposely cause (a ship) to sink, as by making holes in the bottom. [1/4 definitions] |
| set |
to go below the horizon; sink. [1/25 definitions] |
| settle1 |
to sink. [1/13 definitions] |
| sinkable |
combined form of sink. |
| slump |
to sink down or fall with all one's weight. [1/6 definitions] |
| submerge |
to sink or plunge under, or as though under, water. [1/3 definitions] |
| subside |
to sink to a lower or to a normal level. [2/3 definitions] |
| sunk |
a past tense and past participle of sink. |
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