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I . sink [sɪŋk] N

1. sink (kitchen sink):

sink
kuhinjsko pomivalno korito n

2. sink (washbasin):

sink
pomivalno korito n

3. sink (cesspool):

sink
greznica f

4. sink (sewer):

sink
odtok m

5. sink GEOL:

sink
kotanja f
sink
globel f
sink
vrtača f

6. sink TELEC:

sink
sprejemnik m

II . sink <sank [or sunk], sunk> [sɪŋk] VB intr

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1. sink (not float):

sink
potapljati se [perf potopiti se]
sink
toniti [perf potoniti]

2. sink (in mud, snow):

sink
pogrezati se [perf pogrezniti se]

3. sink (go downward):

sink
spustiti se [perf spuščati se]
to sink to the bottom
pasti na dno
to sink to the bottom sediments
sesti na dno

4. sink (become lower):

sink terrain
pogrezati se [perf pogrezniti se]

5. sink (become limp):

sink arm, head
padati [perf pasti]
to sink to one's knees
pasti na kolena
to sink to the ground
zgruditi se na tla

7. sink (become lower in pitch):

sink
spuščati se [perf spustiti se]

III . sink <sank [or sunk], sunk> [sɪŋk] VB trans

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1. sink (cause to submerge):

sink
potapljati [perf potopiti]

2. sink (ruin):

sink hopes, plans
uničevati [perf uničiti]

3. sink SPORTS:

sink
spravljati [perf spraviti v luknjo]

4. sink (settle):

sink differences
pozabiti
sink differences
dajati [perf dati na stran]

5. sink (dig):

sink shaft
vrtati [perf izvrtati]
sink well
izkopavati [perf izkopati]

6. sink (lower):

sink
utapljati [perf utopiti]
to sink one's worries in drink
utopiti svoje skrbi v pijači

sink back VB intr

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1. sink (lean back):

sink
pogrezati se [perf pogrezniti se]
to sink back on the sofa
pogrezniti se nazaj na zofo

2. sink (relapse):

to sink back into sth
pasti nazaj v kaj (v slabo navado)

sink down VB intr

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1. sink (descend gradually):

sink sun
spuščati se [perf spustiti se]

2. sink (go down):

sink
padati [perf pasti]
sink
spuščati se [perf spustiti se]

I . sink in VB intr

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1. sink (into a surface):

sink
vnikati [perf vnikniti]

2. sink (be absorbed):

sink liquid, cream
vpijati se [perf vpiti se]

II . sink in VB trans

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1. sink (force into):

to sink a knife in sth
zasaditi nož v kaj
to sink one's teeth in sth
zagristi v kaj

2. sink (invest):

to sink one's money in sth
vložiti denar v kaj

3. sink (engrave):

sink
gravirati [perf vgravirati]

I . sink into VB intr to sink into sth

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1. sink (go deeper into):

to sink into sth
potapljati se v [perf potopiti se v]

2. sink (be absorbed):

to sink into sth
vpijati se v [perf vpiti se v]

3. sink (lie back in):

to sink into sth
pogrezati se v [perf pogrezniti se v]
to sink into an armchair
pogrezniti se v naslanjač
to sink into bed
pasti v posteljo

4. sink (pass gradually into):

to sink into sth
padati [perf pasti]
he sank into deep despair
padel je v globok obup
to sink into a coma
pasti v komo

II . sink into VB trans

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2. sink (embed):

to sink a post into the ground
zasaditi steber v tla

kitch·en ˈsink N

ˈsink unit N

Usage examples with sink

sb's spirits sink
pogum [koga] upada
we'll sink or swim together
skupaj bomo uspeli ali potonili
to sink into bed
pasti v posteljo
to sink into obscurity
pasti v pozabo
everything but the kitchen sink
vsa mogoča ropotija [or šara]
to sink one's worries in drink
utopiti svoje skrbi v pijači
to sink to the bottom sediments
sesti na dno
to sink into an armchair
pogrezniti se v naslanjač
to sink into a coma
pasti v komo
to sink to one's knees
pasti na kolena
to sink to the ground
zgruditi se na tla
to sink back on the sofa
pogrezniti se nazaj na zofo
to sink a knife in sth
zasaditi nož v kaj
to sink one's money into sth
vložiti denar v kaj
to sink one's teeth in sth
zagristi v kaj
to sink one's money in sth
vložiti denar v kaj
she poured the milk down the sink
mleko je zlila v odtok

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Additionally, the skiving process also increases the roughness of the heat-sink's fins.
en.wikipedia.org
This is called a splooge or plunk or sink.
en.wikipedia.org
Its three acts run for more than 3 and a half hours, throwing in everything bar the kitchen sink in its attempt to delight and titivate.
www.telegraph.co.uk
He noted that horses would sink in sand to their fetlocks, and walking in the sand exhausted men and animals.
en.wikipedia.org
The mouse's jacket was the inside of a washing machine, the bike's handlebars were milking machine cups and the petrol tank used to be a sink.
www.stuff.co.nz
He was accustomed to making clients billions, yet here he was watching hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of yuan options sink down the plughole.
www.themalaymailonline.com
The larger ones, which possessed receptacles for soap-dishes, were the predecessors of the modern bathroom wash basin, or sink.
en.wikipedia.org
He said by the time the broadcast was over there were more tears in the sink than washing-up water.
www.abc.net.au
I went in the toilet and there he was spark out on the floor - he'd had a fit and split his head open on the sink.
www.huffingtonpost.com
They jammed the toilet under the stairs or in a closet (source of water closet name) and they built the sink into the wooden washstand.
www.treehugger.com

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