| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| Engels | Nederlands |
| sink n | (corrupt place) (figuurlijk) | rovershol nw het |
| (figuurlijk) | nest nw het |
| Stay out of that bar. It's a dirty, nasty sink. |
| sink n | (heat sink) | koelplaat nw de |
| The computer needs another sink because it gets too hot. |
| sink n | (sink-hole) | zinkgat nw het |
| The underground river caused a number of sinks in the land around there. |
| sink⇒ vi | (fall: sun) | zakken, dalen onoverg.ww |
| It was beautiful to watch the sun sink over the horizon. |
| sink vi | figurative (heart: feel sad, disappointed) | erg teleurgesteld zijn |
| (figuurlijk, v. hart) | zinken onoverg.ww |
| Her heart sank when she found out that he didn't like her. |
| sink vi | (dying person) | achteruit gaan onoverg.ww |
| He sank away slowly, and finally died that night. |
| sink vi | (subside) | inzakken, wegzakken onoverg.ww |
| The land will probably sink over time. |
| sink vtr | (a boat) | tot zinken brengen overg.ww |
| The torpedo sank the ship. |
| sink vtr | (cause to fail) | aan de grond brengen, failliet doen gaan overg.ww |
| The stock market crash sank the company. |
| sink [sth]⇒ vtr | (dig) | graven, drijven overg.ww |
| heien overg. ww |
| The mine owner is sinking a new shaft over there. |
| We plan to sink a well. |
| sink⇒ vtr | (engrave) | graveren overg.ww |
| The engraver sank the initials into the cup. |
| sink vtr | (lose money) (geld) | verliezen overg.ww |
| He sank ten thousand dollars, gambling last weekend. |
| sink vtr | (ignore, suppress) | bedwingen, onderdrukken overg.ww |
| laten rusten |
| The government aide pressurised the newspaper to sink the story. |
| sink vtr | (golf: putt a ball) (golfsport) | putten overg.ww |
| He sank the putt on his first attempt. |
| sink vtr | (billiards: pocket a ball) (biljart) | potten overg.ww |
| It was a difficult shot, but he sank the ball. |
