name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
sink
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋk/
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/ˈsiŋk/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/ tensing
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/zɪŋk/ Baltimore, New Orleans
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rhymes with -ɪŋk
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homophone: cinque
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homophone: sync
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homophone: synch
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homophone: zinc (Baltimore, New Orleans)
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noun
Meaning 2
A basin used for holding water for washing.
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noun
Meaning 3
A drain for carrying off wastewater.
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noun
Meaning 4
A sinkhole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
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noun
Meaning 6
A heat sink.
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noun
Meaning 7
A place that absorbs resources or energy.
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noun
Meaning 8
A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
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Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
Descending motion; descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- An excessive sink rate at touchdown can cause the aircraft's landing gear to collapse.
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noun
Meaning 10
Descending motion; descent.
The motion of a sinker pitch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- Jones has a two-seamer with heavy sink.
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noun
Meaning 11
An object or callback that captures events.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
Meaning 12
A destination vertex in a transportation network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 13
A node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 14
An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
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noun
Meaning 15
A depression in a stereotype plate.
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noun
Meaning 16
A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
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noun
Meaning 17
An excavation smaller than a shaft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
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noun
Meaning 18
One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: game development
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: faucet
verb
Meaning 19
To move or be moved into something.
To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ergative, physical
Topics: heading
Examples
- A stone sinks in water. The sun gradually sank in the west.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bury, descend, founder, go down, dip, dunk, submerge
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 20
To move or be moved into something.
To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical, transitive
Topics: heading
Examples
- An iceberg sank the Titanic. British battleships sank the Bismarck.
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verb
Meaning 21
To move or be moved into something.
To push (something) into something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical, transitive
Topics: heading
Examples
- 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.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 22
To move or be moved into something.
To make by digging or delving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical, transitive
Topics: heading
Examples
- to sink a well in the ground
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verb
Meaning 23
To move or be moved into something.
To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical, transitive
Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, golf, heading, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, snooker, sports
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verb
Meaning 24
To diminish or be diminished.
To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
Qualifier: social
Topics: heading
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verb
Meaning 25
To diminish or be diminished.
To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
Qualifier: social
Topics: heading
Examples
- to sink one's reputation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: debase, disparage, humble, abase, bring down to size, cut down to size, defame, degrade, demean, demote, depress, discredit, disgrace, dishonour, downgrade, embase, give a bad name, humiliate, knock down to size, put someone in their place, reduce, relegate, sink, slur, trim down to size, whittle down to size
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 26
To diminish or be diminished.
To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Qualifier: social
Topics: heading
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 27
To conceal and appropriate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, slang, transitive
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verb
Meaning 28
To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, slang, transitive
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Synonyms: brush off, misregard, unheed, discount, disregard, dissemble, despise, ignore, misheed, neglect, pass, pass by, pay no heed, put aside, set at nought, shrug off, slough, take no notice of, tune out, unmind
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 29
To drink (especially something alcoholic).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
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Synonyms: down, imbibe, pound, drink, hydrate, wet one's whistle, wet one's beak
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 30
To pay absolutely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
Examples
- I have sunk thousands of pounds into this project.
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 31
To reduce or extinguish by payment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, slang, transitive
Examples
- to sink the national debt
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 32
To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 33
To die.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forfare, go west, pass away, assume room temperature, auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be like the the One, be no more, be with Jesus, be with the Lord, bite the big one, bite the biscuit, bite the dust, buy the farm, buy it, cark it, cash in, cash in one's chips, check out, close one's eyes for the last time, code, conk out, croak, cross over, cross the Great Divide, cross the Styx, darken, decease, decompose, dematerialize, depart, disincarnate, draw one's last breath, drop off the hooks, exit, expire, fall off the twig, flatline, give one's all, give up the ghost, go for a burton, go out, go over to the majority, go the way of all flesh, go the way of the dinosaurs, go the way of the dodo, go the way of the dodo bird, go to glory, go to one's reward, hand in one's checks, hand in one's dinner pail, hop the twig, join the choir invisible, keel over, kick the bucket, kick off, knock off, liquidate, lose the number of one's mess, meet one's doom, meet one's end, meet one's maker, pass, pass in one's checks, pass in one's marble, pass on, pass over, pass the river, pay nature's debt, pay the debt of nature, peg out, perish, pop off, pop one's clogs, push up daisies, shuffle off this mortal coil, sink, sleep with one's fathers, slip away, snuff it, succumb, take a dirt nap, turn up one's toes, yield up the ghost
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 34
To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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noun
Meaning 35
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cesspool, cesspit, sump
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cistern
noun
Meaning 36
plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: plumbing fixture
Narrower terms: kitchen sink, washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory
noun
Meaning 37
a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sinkhole, swallow hole
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: natural depression, depression
noun
Meaning 38
(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: source
Broader terms: natural process, natural action, action, activity
Narrower terms: heat sink
verb
Meaning 39
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The real estate market fell off
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slump, fall off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drop
verb
Meaning 40
embed deeply
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She sank her fingers into the soft sand
- He buried his head in her lap
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bury
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant
Narrower terms: set, countersink
verb
Meaning 41
descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He sank into bed
- She subsided into the chair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subside
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: descend, fall, go down, come down
verb
Meaning 42
pass into a specified state or condition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He sank into nirvana
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pass, lapse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
verb
Meaning 43
fall or descend to a lower place or level
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He sank to his knees
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drop, drop down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change posture
Narrower terms: drop open, fall open, sag, droop, swag, flag, sag down
verb
Meaning 44
cause to sink
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move, displace
Narrower terms: settle
verb
Meaning 45
fall or sink heavily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He slumped onto the couch
- My spirits sank
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: slump, slide down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
verb
Meaning 46
go under,
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The raft sank and its occupants drowned
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: settle, go down, go under
Antonyms: float
Broader terms: descend, fall, go down, come down
Narrower terms: subside, settle, founder, submerge, submerse
verb
Meaning 47
appear to move downward
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The sun dipped below the horizon
- The setting sun sank below the tree line
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decline
Narrower terms: subside
History
Etymology
From the Dutch and northern German surname, from Zink (“cornetto, trumpet-like instrument”).
From Middle English synken, from Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengw- (“to fall, sink”). Compare West Frisian sinke, Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, German sinken, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synke, Swedish sjunka. In the causative sense, it replaced Old English senċan (“make sink”) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.
Across languages
Translations
395 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: lavaman — basin
- Albanian: lajtore — basin
- Arabic: مَجْلَى (majlā) — basin
- Arabic: مَغْسَلَة (maḡsala) — basin
- Arabic: حَوْض (ḥawḍ) — basin
- Arabic: حوض (hōḍ) — basin
- Arabic: حوض (hōḍ) — basin
- Arabic: مِغْسَلَة (miḡsala) — basin
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܲܩܢܵܐ (laqnā) — basin
- Armenian: լվացարան (lvacʻaran) — basin
- Azerbaijani: əlüzyuyan — basin
- Azerbaijani: çanaq — basin
- Basque: harraska — basin
- Belarusian: ра́кавіна (rákavina) — basin
- Belarusian: умыва́льнік (umyválʹnik) — basin
- Bulgarian: ми́вка (mívka) — basin
- Bulgarian: умива́лник (umiválnik) — basin
- Catalan: pica — basin
- Catalan: lavabo — basin
- Catalan: aigüera — basin
- Catalan: fregadora — basin
- Chinese Mandarin: 水槽 (shuǐcáo) — basin
- Chinese Mandarin: 盥洗盆 (guànxǐpén) — basin
- Chinese Mandarin: 洗手盆 (xǐshǒupén) — basin
- Czech: dřez — basin
- Czech: umyvadlo — basin
- Danish: vask — basin
- Danish: køkkenvask — basin
- Danish: håndvask — basin
- Dutch: gootsteen — basin
- Dutch: afwasbak — basin
- Esperanto: lavujo — basin
- Estonian: valamu — basin
- Estonian: kraanikauss — basin
- Faroese: vask — basin
- Finnish: pesuallas — basin
- French: évier — basin
- French: lavabo — basin
- West-Frisian: oanrjocht — basin
- Galician: pía — basin
- Galician: vertedoiro — basin
- Georgian: პირსაბანი (ṗirsabani) — basin
- German: Abwasch — basin
- German: Abwaschbecken — basin
- German: Spüle — basin
- German: Spülbecken — basin
- German: Spülstein — basin
- German: Waschbecken — basin
- German: Waschmuschel — basin
- German: Lavabo — basin
- Greek: νεροχύτης (nerochýtis) — basin
- Greek: νιπτήρας (niptíras) — basin
- Ancient Greek: νιπτήρ (niptḗr) — basin
- Hebrew: כִּיּוֹר (kiyór) — basin
- Hindi: चिलमची (cilamcī) — basin
- Hungarian: mosogató — basin
- Hungarian: mosdókagyló — basin
- Icelandic: vaskur — basin
- Ido: eviero — basin
- Indonesian: wastafel — basin
- Indonesian: bak cuci — basin
- Irish: doirteal — basin
- Italian: lavandino — basin
- Italian: lavello — basin
- Japanese: 流し (nagashi) — basin
- Japanese: キッチンシンク (kitchin shinku) — basin
- Japanese: シンク (shinku) — basin
- Japanese: 洗面台 (senmendai) — basin
- Japanese: 洗面器 (senmenki) — basin
- Kazakh: шұңғылша (şūñğylşa) — basin
- Kazakh: қол жуғыш (qol juğyş) — basin
- Khmer: អាងទឹក (ʼaang tɨk) — basin
- Khmer: អាងលាងសំអាត (ʼaang liəng sɑmʼaat) — basin
- Korean: 싱크 (singkeu) — basin
- Korean: 싱크대 (singkeudae) — basin
- Korean: 개수대 (gaesudae) — basin
- Korean: 세면기 (semyeon'gi) — basin
- Kyrgyz: раковина (rakovina) — basin
- Kyrgyz: умывальник (umıvalnik) — basin
- Kyrgyz: жуунгуч (juunguc) — basin
- Lao: ອ່າງລ້າງມື (ʼāng lāng mư̄) — basin
- Latin: trulleum — basin
- Latin: pollubrum — basin
- Latin: fusorium — basin
- Latvian: izlietne — basin
- Lithuanian: praustuvas — basin
- Lithuanian: kriauklė — basin
- Lithuanian: plautuvė — basin
- Macedonian: мијалник (mijalnik) — basin
- Macedonian: лавабо́ (lavabó) — basin
- Malay: sinki — basin
- Māori: peihana — basin
- Māori: puoto — basin
- Mongolian: угаагуур (ugaaguur) — basin
- Mongolian: ᠤᠬᠢᠶᠠᠭᠤᠷ (uqiyaɣur) — basin
- Navajo: łeetsʼaaʼ biiʼ tánágisí — basin
- Norwegian Bokmål: vask — basin
- Norwegian Bokmål: vaskekum — basin
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vask — basin
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vaskekum — basin
- Occitan: aiguièr — basin
- Iranian Persian: روشویی (rušuyi) — basin
- Iranian Persian: ظَرْفْشویی (zarfšuyi) — basin
- Iranian Persian: دَسْتْشویی (dastšuyi) — basin
- Iranian Persian: سینْک (sink) — basin
- Polish: zlew — basin
- Polish: zlewozmywak — basin
- Portuguese: pia — basin
- Romanian: chiuvetă — basin
- Russian: умыва́льник (umyválʹnik) — basin
- Russian: ра́ковина (rákovina) — basin
- Russian: мо́йка (mójka) — basin
- Sardinian: acuadera — basin
- Sardinian: lavandinu — basin
- Serbo-Croatian: су̀допера — basin
- Serbo-Croatian: лава̀бо̄ — basin
- Serbo-Croatian: sùdopera — basin
- Serbo-Croatian: lavàbō — basin
- Slovak: drez — basin
- Slovene: umivalnik — basin
- Spanish: lavamanos — basin
- Spanish: fregadero — basin
- Spanish: lavadero — basin
- Spanish: lavatrastos — basin
- Swahili: sinki — basin
- Swedish: handfat — basin
- Swedish: skål — basin
- Swedish: vask — basin
- Swedish: ho — basin
- Swedish: diskho — basin
- Swedish: lavoar — basin
- Tajik: дастшӯяк (dastšüyak) — basin
- Tamil: சிங்க் (ciṅk) — basin
- Thai: อ่าง (àang) — basin
- Thai: อ่างล้างหน้า (àang-láang-nâa) — basin
- Turkish: lavabo — basin
- Ukrainian: ми́йка (mýjka) — basin
- Ukrainian: ра́ковина для сті́кання во́ди (rákovyna dlja stíkannja vódy) — basin
- Ukrainian: ра́ковина (rákovyna) — basin
- Ukrainian: умива́льник (umyválʹnyk) — basin
- Urdu: چِلَمْچی (cilamcī) — basin
- Uzbek: umivalʼnik — basin
- Uzbek: rakovina — basin
- Welsh: sinc — basin
- Yiddish: וואַשבעקן (vashbekn) — basin
- Arabic: مزراب (mezrāb) — wastewater drain
- Bulgarian: отто́чна тръба́ (ottóčna trǎbá) — wastewater drain
- Catalan: desaigua — wastewater drain
- Finnish: viemäri — wastewater drain
- German: Abfluss — wastewater drain
- German: Ausguss — wastewater drain
- Italian: scarico — wastewater drain
- Russian: слив (sliv) — wastewater drain
- Russian: сток (stok) — wastewater drain
- Russian: сто́чная труба́ (stóčnaja trubá) — wastewater drain
- Spanish: desagüe — wastewater drain
- Ukrainian: злив (zlyv) — wastewater drain
- Bulgarian: радиатор (radiator) — heat sink
- Finnish: lämpönielu — heat sink
- German: Kühlblech — heat sink
- German: Kühlkörper — heat sink
- German: Wärmesenke — heat sink
- German: Wärmeableiter — heat sink
- Greek: ψύκτρα (psýktra) — heat sink
- Portuguese: dissipador de calor — heat sink
- Russian: теплоотво́д (teplootvód) — heat sink
- Russian: радиа́тор (radiátor) — heat sink
- Swedish: värmesänka — heat sink
- Finnish: nielu — destination vertex
- German: Senke — destination vertex
- Italian: pozzo — destination vertex
- Portuguese: sumidouro — destination vertex
- Russian: коне́чная верши́на (konéčnaja veršína) — destination vertex
- Spanish: sumidero — destination vertex
- Bulgarian: сифон (sifon) — vertex with no outgoing edges
- Albanian: zhyt — descend into liquid, etc
- Arabic: غَطَسَ (ḡaṭasa) — descend into liquid, etc
- Armenian: սուզվել (suzvel) — descend into liquid, etc
- Aromanian: afundu — descend into liquid, etc
- Azerbaijani: batmaq — descend into liquid, etc
- Bashkir: батыу (batıw) — descend into liquid, etc
- Basque: hondoratu — descend into liquid, etc
- Belarusian: тану́ць (tanúcʹ) — descend into liquid, etc
- Belarusian: апуска́цца (apuskácca) — descend into liquid, etc
- Bulgarian: потъвам (potǎvam) — descend into liquid, etc
- Catalan: enfonsar — descend into liquid, etc
- Cebuano: lunod — descend into liquid, etc
- Cherokee: ᎦᏃᏴᎦ (ganoyvga) — descend into liquid, etc
- Eastern Min Chinese: 沉 (teing) — descend into liquid, etc
- Chinese Mandarin: 沉 (chén) — descend into liquid, etc
- Chinese Mandarin: 下沉 (xiàchén) — descend into liquid, etc
- Czech: potopit se — descend into liquid, etc
- Danish: synke — descend into liquid, etc
- Dutch: zinken — descend into liquid, etc
- Esperanto: alfundiĝi — descend into liquid, etc
- Esperanto: droni — descend into liquid, etc
- Esperanto: sinki — descend into liquid, etc
- Estonian: vajuma — descend into liquid, etc
- Faroese: søkka — descend into liquid, etc
- Finnish: upota — descend into liquid, etc
- Finnish: vajota — descend into liquid, etc
- French: couler — descend into liquid, etc
- French: s'enfoncer — descend into liquid, etc
- Galician: afundir — descend into liquid, etc
- Galician: perfundir — descend into liquid, etc
- Galician: afondar — descend into liquid, etc
- Galician: alagar — descend into liquid, etc
- Georgian: ჩაძირვა (čaʒirva) — descend into liquid, etc
- Georgian: ძირვა (ʒirva) — descend into liquid, etc
- German: sinken — descend into liquid, etc
- Greek: βυθίζομαι (vythízomai) — descend into liquid, etc
- Greek: βουλιάζω (vouliázo) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ancient Greek: βυθίζομαι (buthízomai) — descend into liquid, etc
- Higaonon: nalumos — descend into liquid, etc
- Hungarian: elsüllyed — descend into liquid, etc
- Hungarian: elmerül — descend into liquid, etc
- Hungarian: süllyed — descend into liquid, etc
- Hungarian: merül — descend into liquid, etc
- Icelandic: sökkva — descend into liquid, etc
- Ido: sinkar — descend into liquid, etc
- Ingrian: upota — descend into liquid, etc
- Ingrian: vajota — descend into liquid, etc
- Italian: affondare — descend into liquid, etc
- Italian: sprofondare — descend into liquid, etc
- Italian: immergersi — descend into liquid, etc
- Italian: andare a fondo — descend into liquid, etc
- Japanese: 沈む (shizumu) — descend into liquid, etc
- Javanese: keleleb — descend into liquid, etc
- Javanese: kèrem — descend into liquid, etc
- Old Javanese: karĕm — descend into liquid, etc
- Korean: 가라앉다 (garaanda) — descend into liquid, etc
- Latgalian: sleikt — descend into liquid, etc
- Latin: mergor — descend into liquid, etc
- Latvian: slīkt — descend into liquid, etc
- Lithuanian: grim̃zti — descend into liquid, etc
- Māori: pōharu — descend into liquid, etc
- Māori: pōharuharu — descend into liquid, etc
- Māori: pōwharu — descend into liquid, etc
- Māori: pōwharuwharu — descend into liquid, etc
- Māori: tāpokopoko — descend into liquid, etc
- Māori: torongi — descend into liquid, etc
- Māori: totohu — descend into liquid, etc
- Māori: tapoko — descend into liquid, etc
- Middle English: avalen — descend into liquid, etc
- Middle English: valen — descend into liquid, etc
- Norwegian: synke — descend into liquid, etc
- Norwegian Bokmål: synke — descend into liquid, etc
- Occitan: enfonsar — descend into liquid, etc
- Old English: ādrincan — descend into liquid, etc
- Polish: tonąć — descend into liquid, etc
- Portuguese: afundar — descend into liquid, etc
- Romanian: scufunda — descend into liquid, etc
- Romanian: afunda — descend into liquid, etc
- Russian: тону́ть (tonútʹ) — descend into liquid, etc
- Russian: утону́ть (utonútʹ) — descend into liquid, etc
- Russian: опуска́ться (opuskátʹsja) — descend into liquid, etc
- Russian: погружа́ться (pogružátʹsja) — descend into liquid, etc
- Sanskrit: मज्जति (majjati) — descend into liquid, etc
- Scottish Gaelic: sìolaidh — descend into liquid, etc
- Serbo-Croatian: тонути (tonuti) — descend into liquid, etc
- Spanish: hundir — descend into liquid, etc
- Spanish: afondar — descend into liquid, etc
- Swahili: -zamisha — descend into liquid, etc
- Swedish: sjunka — descend into liquid, etc
- Tagalog: lumubog — descend into liquid, etc
- Thai: จม (jom) — descend into liquid, etc
- Turkish: batmak — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: опуска́тися (opuskátysja) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: зни́жуватися (znýžuvatysja) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: па́дати (pádaty) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: впада́ти (vpadáty) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: запада́ти (zapadáty) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: of the sun заходи́ти (zaxodýty) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: тону́ти (tonúty) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: зану́рюватися (zanúrjuvatysja) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: іти́ на дно (itý na dno) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: потупа́ти (potupáty) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: of a foundation осіда́ти (osidáty) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: врізатися в па́м’ять (vrizatysja v pámʺjatʹ) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: weaken or die слабша́ти ги́нути (slabšáty) — descend into liquid, etc
- Ukrainian: into poverty зубожі́ти (zubožíty) — descend into liquid, etc
- Uzbek: choʻmmoq — descend into liquid, etc
- Welsh: suddo — descend into liquid, etc
- Albanian: zhyt — submerge
- Armenian: սուզել (suzel) — submerge
- Armenian: խորտակել (xortakel) — submerge
- Azerbaijani: batırmaq — submerge
- Bashkir: батыу (batıw) — submerge
- Bulgarian: потапям (potapjam) — submerge
- Bulgarian: наводнявам (navodnjavam) — submerge
- Catalan: submergir-se — submerge
- Dutch: onderdompelen — submerge
- Esperanto: alfundigi — submerge
- Finnish: upottaa — submerge
- French: couler — submerge
- Galician: mergullar — submerge
- Galician: afundir — submerge
- Galician: enfundir — submerge
- Galician: sufondar — submerge
- Georgian: ჩაძირვა (čaʒirva) — submerge
- Georgian: დაძირვა (daʒirva) — submerge
- Georgian: ძირვა (ʒirva) — submerge
- Greek: βυθίζω (vythízo) — submerge
- Hungarian: süllyed — submerge
- Hungarian: lesüllyed — submerge
- Hungarian: merül — submerge
- Hungarian: elmerül — submerge
- Hungarian: lemerül — submerge
- Hungarian: bukik — submerge
- Hungarian: lebukik — submerge
- Hungarian: süpped — submerge
- Italian: immergere — submerge
- Māori: whakatotohu — submerge
- Polish: topić — submerge
- Polish: zanurzać — submerge
- Portuguese: submergir — submerge
- Russian: топи́ть (topítʹ) — submerge
- Russian: утопи́ть (utopítʹ) — submerge
- Russian: погружа́ть (pogružátʹ) — submerge
- Scottish Gaelic: sìolaidh — submerge
- Spanish: hundir — submerge
- Spanish: sumergir — submerge
- Ukrainian: топи́ти (topýty) — submerge
- Ukrainian: a well копа́ти колодя́зь (kopáty kolodjázʹ) — submerge
- Ukrainian: ри́ти колодя́зь (rýty kolodjázʹ) — submerge
- Ukrainian: capital невда́ло покла́сти (nevdálo poklásty) — submerge
- Albanian: fundos — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Armenian: սուզել (suzel) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Armenian: խորտակել (xortakel) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Azerbaijani: batırmaq — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Bashkir: батырыу (batırıw) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Belarusian: тапіць (tapicʹ) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Belarusian: патапіць (patapicʹ) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Belarusian: утапіць (utapicʹ) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Bulgarian: потопявам (potopjavam) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Catalan: enfonsar — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Czech: potopit — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Danish: sænke — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Dutch: tot zinken brengen — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Esperanto: alfundigi — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Estonian: uputama — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Faroese: søkkja — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Finnish: upottaa — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- French: couler — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Galician: afundir — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Galician: afondar — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Galician: alagar — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Georgian: დაძირვა (daʒirva) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Georgian: ჩაძირვა (čaʒirva) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- German: senken — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Gothic: 𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐌽 (sigqan) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Greek: βυθίζω (vythízo) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Greek: ποντίζω (pontízo) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Ancient Greek: βυθίζω (buthízō) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Hungarian: elsüllyeszt — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Icelandic: sökkva — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Ingrian: upottaa — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Ingrian: vajottaa — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Italian: affondare — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Italian: inabissare — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Italian: colare a picco — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Japanese: 沈める (shizumeru) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Khmer: បញ្ចុះ (bɑɲcoh) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Khmer: បំផ្លិច (bɑmpləc) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Khmer: ប្លេង (pleɛŋ) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Khmer: ពន្លង់ (pʊənlʊəŋ) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Khmer: ពន្លិច (pʊənlɨc) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Khmer: លិច (lɨc) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Khmer: សំរុត (sɑmrot) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Latin: mergo — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Latin: mersum — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Māori: whakatotohu — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Norwegian: senke — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Norwegian Bokmål: senke — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Polish: zatapiać — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Polish: zatopić — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Portuguese: afundar — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Russian: топи́ть (topítʹ) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Russian: потопи́ть (potopítʹ) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Spanish: hundir — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Swedish: sänka — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Thai: จม (jom) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Ukrainian: затопи́ти (zatopýty) — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Vietnamese: chìm — cause (ship, etc) to sink
- Albanian: ngul — push (something) into
- Bulgarian: пъхвам (pǎhvam) — push (something) into
- Finnish: upottaa — push (something) into
- German: senken — push (something) into
- German: versenken — push (something) into
- Greek: βυθίζω (vythízo) — push (something) into
- Hungarian: süllyeszt — push (something) into
- Hungarian: mélyeszt — push (something) into
- Icelandic: sökkva — push (something) into
- Ukrainian: всади́ти (vsadýty) — push (something) into
- Ukrainian: вколо́ти (vkolóty) — push (something) into