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Definition of Sink in
1. Verb. Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions. "She was penetrated with sorrow"
Causes: Understand
2. Verb. Pass through. "Water permeates sand easily"
Generic synonyms: Penetrate, Perforate
Specialized synonyms: Infiltrate, Infiltrate
Derivative terms: Filtration, Filtration, Percolation, Permeant, Permeation
Definition of Sink in
1. Verb. (idiomatic) Become clear in one's mind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sink In
Literary usage of Sink in
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"Characteristic sink in the White Sands. The flora is composed principally of
grasses and other low forms, Atriplex canescens also being present. ..."
2. A Cycle of Adams Letters, 1861-1865 by Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams (1920)
"Should it prove to sink in the scale, their support would go with it. Indeed they
would soon be astonished that any other issue could have been expected. ..."
3. A Concordance to the Works of Alexander Popeby Edwin Abbott by Edwin Abbott (1875)
"346 To s. or sink in canot О or A D. iv. 321 Nations unborn your mighty names
shall s. EC 103 I can't but think 'twould t. more clever /.//. ii. ..."
4. The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues, with Notes by Thomas James Mathias (1801)
"... With Hargrave to the Peers approach with awe, And sense and grammar sink in
Yorke and law (b] j Better (a) A learned and ingenious Critic, the Rev. WM. ..."
5. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order with Copious Illustrations by George Crabb (1904)
"SINK, in German sinken, is an intensive of ... How many sink in the devouring
flood Or more devouring flame! THOMSON. FALLACIOUS, DECEITFUL, FRAUDULENT. ..."
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