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sink

Main Entry: ¹sink

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): sank or sunk, sunk, sinking

Language: English

intransitive verb

1 : hundirse (dícese de un barco)
2 drop, fall : descender, caer <to sink into a chair : dejarse caer en una silla> <her heart sank : se le cayó el alma a los pies>
3 decrease : bajar

transitive verb

1 : hundir (un barco, etc.)
2 excavate : excavar (un pozo para minar), perforar (un pozo de agua)
3 plunge, stick : clavar, hincar
4 invest : invertir (fondos)

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