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sink·ing ['sɪŋkɪŋ] ADJ attr

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1. sinking (not floating):

sinking

2. sinking (emotion):

a sinking feeling

with a sinking heart

sa osećajem teskobe

3. sinking attr (declining):

sinking

Phrases:

to leave the sinking ship

napustiti brod koji tone

I.sink [sɪŋk] N

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1. sink (kitchen sink):

sink

2. sink (washbasin):

sink

3. sink (cesspool):

sink

septička jama f

4. sink (sewer):

sink

kanalizacioni odvod m

5. sink geol:

sink

sink

6. sink TELEC:

sink

izlazni uređaj m

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

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1. sink (not float):

sink

potonuti // tonuti

sink

potopiti se // potapati se

2. sink (in mud, snow):

sink

utonuti // tonuti

4. sink (become lower):

sink terrain

spustiti se // spuštati se

sink terrain

sniziti se // snižavati se

5. sink (move to a lower position):

sink surface, house, construction

spustiti se // spuštati se

sink level also

sniziti se // snižavati se

8. sink (become lower in pitch):

sink

sniziti se // snižavati se

10. sink (decline in health):

to be sinking [fast]

(brzo) propadati

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

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1. sink (cause to submerge):

sink

potopiti // potapati

2. sink (ruin):

sink hopes, plans

uništiti // uništavati fig

sink hopes, plans

potopiti // potapati

3. sink SPORTS:

sink

ubaciti // ubacivati

to sink a ball (into a hole, pocket)

ubaciti loptu u rupu

4. sink (settle):

sink differences

ostaviti // ostavljati po strani

5. sink (dig):

izbušiti // bušiti

iskopati // iskopavati

6. sink (lower):

sink

sniziti // snižavati

sink

spustiti // spuštati

Phrases:

to sink one's worries in drink

utopiti brige u piću

kitch·en 'sink N

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1. kitchen sink:

kitchen sink

Phrases:

everything but the kitchen sink

poneti mnogo stvari sve osim sudopere

'sink unit N

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sink back VB intr

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1. sink back (lean back):

zavaliti se // zavaljivati se

to sink back on the sofa

zavaliti se u sofu

2. sink back (relapse):

to sink back into sth

ponovo se vratiti nečemu

I.sink into VB intr to sink into sth

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1. sink into (go deeper into):

to sink into sth

upasti // upadati

2. sink into (be absorbed):

to sink into sth

utonuti // tonuti

4. sink into (pass gradually into):

to sink into sth

upasti // upadati

he sank into deep despair

utonuo je u duboko očajanje

to sink into a coma

II.sink into VB trans

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2. sink into (embed):

to sink into a post into the ground

ukopati stub u zemlju

3. sink into FIN:

to sink into one's money into sth

uložiti novac u nešto

sink down VB intr

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1. sink down (descend gradually):

spustiti se // spuštati se

sink down sun

zaći // zalaziti

2. sink down:

sink down (go down)

pasti // padati

sink down (on the ground)

spustiti se // spuštati se

I.sink in VB intr

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1. sink in (into a surface):

utonuti // tonuti

2. sink in (be absorbed):

sink in liquid, cream

upiti se // upijati se

3. sink in (be understood):

prodreti // prodirati u svest

I had to tell him several times before it finally sank in

morao sam da mu objasnim nekoliko puta da bi konačno shvatio

II.sink in VB trans

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1. sink in (force into):

to sink in a knife in sth

zabosti nož u nešto

to sink in one's teeth in sth

zariti zube u nešto

2. sink in (invest):

to sink in one's money in sth

uložiti novac u nešto

3. sink in (engrave):

izrezbariti // rezbariti

izgravirati // gravirati

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sinking sands

run over water, bath, sink

preliti se // prelivati se

to sink to the bottom sediments

nataložiti se na dnu

you are sinking to his level!

spuštaš se na njegov nivo!

to sink one's worries in drink

utopiti brige u piću

sinking sands

a sinking feeling

with a sinking heart

sa osećajem teskobe

to leave the sinking ship

napustiti brod koji tone

to sink into one's money into sth

uložiti novac u nešto

to sink back on the sofa

zavaliti se u sofu

she poured the milk down the sink

prosula je mleko u sudoperu

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A new town bearing the same name was built for the population dislocated by the sinking of the old town. en.wikipedia.org

The balanced-flow equations do not contain either a force representing the sinking/buoyancy action or the vertical component of velocity. en.wikipedia.org

And that selfishness is what has gotten us into the terrible quagmire in which the world is sinking, almost irreversibly, unless something big happens. en.wikipedia.org

The artillery then had to be placed on board-and-bag platforms to avoid their loss by sinking into the morass. en.wikipedia.org

Despite the ships rapid sinking and time underwater she is nonetheless remarkably intact. en.wikipedia.org

Yet his intellectual pride prevented him sinking to the level of a mere tool. en.wikipedia.org

Because the ship's records were lost, the number who perished in the sinking is uncertain but is believed to be between 70 and 90. en.wikipedia.org

The uplift seems to have been part of a regular cycle of megathrusts followed by gradual sinking. en.wikipedia.org

The launch had witnessed the sinking of the jolly-boat, before losing contact with the two cutters and the long-boat. en.wikipedia.org

The implication is that rising air in the atmosphere must be balanced by equal sinking or subsiding air. en.wikipedia.org

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