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sink

/sɪŋk/

verb1 of 2

to go down below the surface of water, mud, etc.

  • “Give the people the freedom to sink their own boat.”Tatoeba
  • “There was a stack of dirty dishes in the sink.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

A basin used for holding water for washing.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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