Translations for „sink down“ in the English » German Dictionary

sink down VB intr

1. sink down (descend gradually):

sink down

sinken

sink down sun

versinken

2. sink down:

sink down (go down)

zurücksinken

sink down (on the ground)

zu Boden sinken

he went to stand up, then sank back down on his chair

er wollte aufstehen, sank dann aber auf seinen Stuhl zurück

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

she poured the liquid down the sink

sie schüttete die Flüssigkeit in den Abfluss

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

A pull-apart basin is a structural basin where two overlapping faults or a fault bend creates an area of extension undergoing tension, which causes the basin to sink down.

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Even if they sink down the ladder, they can't afford to play like a cellar-dwelling team.

www.theroar.com.au

Sink down into an imaginary chair, so it is as if you were seated.

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He was lying on top of the water and had to let himself sink down to the bottom of the tank without breathing keeping his eye open.

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The deep ocean gets most of its nutrients from the higher water column when they sink down in the form of marine snow.

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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

To lie here was to sink down into literally undulating depths of self.

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I hang up my cell phone and sink down onto the edge of the bed.

hereandnow.wbur.org

Eventually these organisms die and sink down the water column, where they dissolve and are consumed by microbes.

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Nutrients that do not get used up on the surface will eventually sink down and nourish the seafloor habitat.

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