sink down in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for sink down in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] ADV down often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (back down, clamp down, tone down, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (back, clamp, tone, etc).

II.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] PREP

III.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] ADJ

IV.down1 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] N

See also fall down, cut down, burn down

fall down VB [Am fɔl -, Brit fɔːl -] (v + adv)

I.cut down VB [Am kət -, Brit kʌt -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.cut down VB [Am kət -, Brit kʌt -] (v + adv) (make reductions)

I.burn down VB [Am bərn -, Brit bəːn -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.burn down VB [Am bərn -, Brit bəːn -] (v + adv)

I.sink1 <pt sank, pp sunk> [Am sɪŋk, Brit sɪŋk] VB intr

II.sink1 <pt sank, pp sunk> [Am sɪŋk, Brit sɪŋk] VB trans

down2 [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] N U

down3 <downs, pl> [Am daʊn, Brit daʊn] N esp Brit GEOG

sink down in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sink down in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
In coal mines supports are installed and yet still subsidence occures and water laden with chemicals has to sink down to the water table.
www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk
But they also sink down, and they trace how the odd force that is race also emerges as grief, as longing, as trauma.
www.npr.org
To lie here was to sink down into literally undulating depths of self.
www.lrb.co.uk
The big air intake shafts sink down four stories, and then run horizontal underneath the parkade.
edmontonjournal.com
Every night as the sun used to sink down, he used to play his trumpet.
www.smh.com.au
If you miss too many times or use the wrong color, the birds sink down on the screen.
www.techradar.com
I hang up my cell phone and sink down onto the edge of the bed.
hereandnow.wbur.org
Even if they sink down the ladder, they can't afford to play like a cellar-dwelling team.
www.theroar.com.au
Oh sure, balsa wood wouldn't sink down that much.
www.wired.com
This gives the viewer the impression that the horse appears to sink down in back and rise in front.
en.wikipedia.org

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