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I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that she's thinking.
Jill Clayburgh

Meaning of "sink in" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SINK IN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SINK IN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sink in is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES SINK IN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sink in in the English dictionary

The definition of sink in in the dictionary is to enter or penetrate the mind.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SINK IN

sinistrodextral
sinistrorsal
sinistrorsally
sinistrorse
sinistrorsely
sinistrous
sinistrously
Sinitic
sink
sink or swim
sink tidy
sink unit
sinkable
sinkage
sinker
sinkhole
Sinkiang-Uighur Autonomous Region
sinking
sinking fund
sinky

WORDS THAT END LIKE SINK IN

block in
book in
break in
check in
chuck in
get stuck in
ink in
jack in
kick in
muck in
pack in
suck in
take stock in
tuck in
up to one´s neck in
work in

Synonyms and antonyms of sink in in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SINK IN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sink in» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sink in

Translation of «sink in» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SINK IN

Find out the translation of sink in to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sink in from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sink in» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

下沉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hundirse en
570 millions of speakers

English

sink in
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

में डूब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تغرق في
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

раковина в
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

afundar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মধ্যে ডুবা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

s´enfoncer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tenggelam dalam
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einsinken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

沈む
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

싱크대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sink ing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chìm trong
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள்ளே மூழ்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बुडत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Lavabo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

penetrare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

umywalka w
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

раковина в
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chiuveta în
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βυθίζονται σε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sink in
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sjunka in
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

synke inn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sink in

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SINK IN»

The term «sink in» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.252 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SINK IN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sink in

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10 QUOTES WITH «SINK IN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sink in.
1
Joseph Addison
The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
2
Robert Farrar Capon
Give us this day our daily taste. Restore to us soups that spoons will not sink in and sauces which are never the same twice. Raise up among us stews with more gravy than we have bread to blot it with Give us pasta with a hundred fillings.
3
Jill Clayburgh
I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that she's thinking.
4
Michael East
It probably won't sink in until I've retired from running but I'm a much better athlete than two years ago.
5
Arne Jacobsen
But inspiration? - That's when you come home from abroad and are asked: Well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. But the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago.
6
Bill Mazeroski
The home run took a while to sink in because all I could think of was, 'We beat the Yankees! We beat the Yankees.'
7
Craig Robinson
When I start thinking about a role, I read the script a few times and then let it sink in - and then take some time to develop how that character is going to play out and what he's going to do.
8
Dana Snyder
I know, logically, about the fact that there are fans of my work in America, but it's hard for that feeling to sink in.
9
Sebastian Vettel
Sometimes you need to press pause to let everything sink in.
10
Andrew Young
We rise in glory as we sink in pride.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SINK IN»

Discover the use of sink in in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sink in and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Popular Mechanics
We replaced a porcelainized steel sink in a recently built home with an Elkay Starlite double-bowl sink made with DuPont Glacier White Corian (Elkay, 222 Camden Ct, Oak Brook, IL 60521). This sink costs about $360. We equipped it with the ...
2
Home Improvement All-in-One For Dummies
Now that the plumbing supply stuff is in place, it's finally time to put the sink in place and see how it looks. After the sink is in place, you can make the supply line and drain line connections that will transform the gaping hole in your countertop ...
Roy Barnhart, James Carey, Morris Carey, 2011
3
Principles and Methods in Landscape Ecology: Towards a ...
In reality, we could extend the source-sink model to these intricate situations when we can distinguish characters of source or sink in each separate seasonal habitat. One example may be presented when we are dealing with birds wintering in ...
Almo Farina, 2006
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Intermediate Algebra: A Text/Workbook
The faucet alone can fill the sink in 6 minutes, whereas it takes 8 minutes to empty it with the drain. How long will it take to fill the remaining three quarters of the sink? 23. A sink has two faucets: one for hot water and one for cold water. The sink ...
Charles McKeague, 2009
5
Robert Fulghum's All I Really Need to Know I Learned in ...
(Referring to the imagined sink.) In the bottom of the sink. That night at dishwashing time, I told my mother "we have ordure in our sink." Well, she gave me her "my- son-the-idiot" look and explained that the dinner I had just eaten was at that ...
Robert Fulghum, 1999
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Kaplan AP English Language and Composition 2009
Then, in a well-organized essay, identify this attitude and how the author's choice of diction, syntax, tone, and rhetorical devices helps demonstrate this attitude within the passage. Here, on the obstetrical ward, is a double sink in a little room — ...
Denise Pivarnik-Nova, 2009
7
Sink Localization and Topology Control in Large Scale ...
... topology control algorithms are running constantly. Four sinks are randomly deployed in the network area. Each of these 100 devices generates four data packets per time unit and sends one packet to each sink. In order to minimize ...
Rui Zhang, 2007
8
Mastering AutoCAD 2010 and AutoCAD LT 2010
In the Insert dialog box, enter Sink in the Name input box and then click OK. The sink appears at the cursor. 3. Place the block at the location shown in Figure 18.7 . Figure 18.7 The Sink block in place Place the block in this location. 4.
George Omura, 2011
9
Landscape Ecology in Action
Of these, only ///*can stay and the remaining n1*()il-1) must emigrate in a marginal patch habitat (sink). In the sink habitat the population at an equilibrium will be composed of n2*=n1*(λ1-1)/ (1-X.2). λ1-1 is the per capita reproductive surplus in ...
A. Farina, 2000
10
Climate Change 2007 - The Physical Science Basis: Working ...
7.3.2.2.3 Residual land sink In the context of land use change, deforestation dominates over forest regrowth (see Section 7.3.2.1), and the observed net uptake of CO2 by the land biosphere implies that there must be an uptake by terrestrial ...
Susan Solomon, 2007

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SINK IN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sink in is used in the context of the following news items.
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Alex Sink won't challenge David Jolly for District 13 seat in November
Jolly narrowly defeated Sink in the nationally watched and costly March 11 special election held after Republican U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young's death in October. «Tampabay.com, Apr 14»
2
David Jolly defeats Alex Sink in Florida 13th
Republican David Jolly narrowly defeated Democrat Alex Sink in the special election for Florida's 13th District on Tuesday in an unusually expensive race ... «Politico, Mar 14»
3
Biden to raise money for Alex Sink in Florida special election
Vice President Biden will travel to Florida next week to attend a fundraising event for Democrat Alex Sink's campaign for Congress, Biden's office confirmed ... «Washington Post, Feb 14»
4
U.S. Chamber of Commerce dings Alex Sink in Florida
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is lacing into Democratic candidate Alex Sink in a Florida House special election, with a new TV spot that attacks her for ... «Politico, Feb 14»
5
Lawmakers assured that sink is for mops, not Muslims
Some anxious Tennessee legislators have been reassured that a newly installed sink in the state capitol is for janitors to wash their mops not for Muslims to ... «USA TODAY, Mar 13»

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