English Meaning
To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west.
- To descend to the bottom; submerge.
- To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages: The water in the lake sank several feet during the long, dry summer.
- To subside or settle gradually, as a massive or weighty structure.
- To appear to move downward, as the sun or moon in setting.
- To slope downward; incline.
- To pass into a specified condition: She sank into a deep sleep.
- To deteriorate in quality or condition: The patient is sinking fast. The family sank into a state of disgrace.
- To diminish, as in value.
- To become weaker, quieter, or less forceful: His voice sank to a whisper.
- To drop or fall slowly, as from weakness or fatigue: The exhausted runner sank to the ground.
- To feel great disappointment or discouragement: Her heart sank within her.
- To seep or soak; penetrate: The water is sinking into the ground.
- To make an impression; become felt or understood: The meaning finally sank in.
- To cause to descend beneath a surface: sink a ship.
- To cause to drop or lower: sank the bucket into the well.
- To force into the ground: sink a piling.
- To dig or drill (a mine or well) in the earth.
- To occupy the full attention of; engross.
- To make weaker, quieter, or less forceful.
- To reduce in quantity or worth.
- To debase the nature of; degrade.
- To bring to a low or ruined state; defeat or destroy.
- To suppress or hide: He sank his arrogance and apologized.
- Informal To defeat, as in a game.
- To invest: sink money into a new housing project.
- To invest without any prospect of return.
- To pay off (a debt).
- Sports To get (a ball) into a hole or basket.
- A water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe and generally a piped supply of water.
- A cesspool.
- A sinkhole.
- A natural or artificial means of absorbing or removing a substance or a form of energy from a system.
- A place regarded as wicked and corrupt.
- sink or swim Informal To fail or succeed without alternative.
Examples | ഉദാഹരണങ്ങൾ
The below examples are taken from The Holy Bible.
Matthew 14:30
But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"
à´Žà´¨àµà´¨à´¾àµ½ അവൻ കാറàµà´±àµ à´•à´£àµà´Ÿàµ പേടിചàµà´šàµ à´®àµà´™àµà´™à´¿à´¤àµà´¤àµà´Ÿà´™àµà´™àµà´•à´¯à´¾àµ½: കർതàµà´¤à´¾à´µàµ‡, à´Žà´¨àµà´¨àµ† à´°à´•àµà´·à´¿à´•àµà´•àµ‡à´£à´®àµ‡ à´Žà´¨àµà´¨àµ നിലവിളിചàµà´šàµ.
Psalms 69:14
Deliver me out of the mire, And let me not sink; Let me be delivered from those who hate me, And out of the deep waters.
ചേറàµà´±à´¿àµ½à´¨à´¿à´¨àµà´¨àµ à´Žà´¨àµà´¨àµ† കയറàµà´±àµ‡à´£à´®àµ‡; ഞാൻ താണàµà´ªàµ‹à´•à´°àµà´¤àµ‡; à´Žà´¨àµà´¨àµ† പകെകàµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨à´µà´°àµà´Ÿàµ† à´•à´¯àµà´¯à´¿àµ½à´¨à´¿à´¨àµà´¨àµà´‚ ആഴമàµà´³àµà´³ വെളàµà´³à´¤àµà´¤à´¿àµ½à´¨à´¿à´¨àµà´¨àµà´‚ à´Žà´¨àµà´¨àµ† വിടàµà´µà´¿à´•àµà´•àµ‡à´£à´®àµ‡.
Luke 5:7
So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.
അവർ മറàµà´±àµ† പടകിലàµà´³àµà´³ കൂടàµà´Ÿà´¾à´³à´¿à´•àµ¾ വനàµà´¨àµ സഹായിപàµà´ªà´¾àµ» അവരെ മാടിവിളിചàµà´šàµ. അവർ വനàµà´¨àµ പടകൠരണàµà´Ÿàµà´‚ à´®àµà´™àµà´™àµà´®à´¾à´±à´¾à´•àµà´µàµ‹à´³àµà´‚ നിറെചàµà´šàµ.
Lamentations 3:20
My soul still remembers And sinks within me.
à´Žà´¨àµà´±àµ† à´ªàµà´°à´¾à´£àµ» à´Žà´¨àµà´±àµ† ഉളàµà´³à´¿àµ½ à´Žà´ªàµà´ªàµ‹à´´àµà´‚ അവയെ ഔർതàµà´¤àµ ഉരàµà´•à´¿à´¯à´¿à´°à´¿à´•àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ.
Luke 9:44
"Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men."
à´† വാകàµà´•àµ à´¶àµà´°à´¦àµà´§à´¿à´šàµà´šàµ കേടàµà´Ÿàµà´•àµŠàµ¾à´µà´¿àµ» : മനàµà´·àµà´¯à´ªàµà´¤àµà´°àµ» മനàµà´·àµà´¯à´°àµà´Ÿàµ† à´•à´¯àµà´¯à´¿àµ½ à´à´²àµà´ªà´¿à´•àµà´•à´ªàµà´ªàµ†à´Ÿàµà´µà´¾àµ» പോകàµà´¨àµà´¨àµ à´Žà´¨àµà´¨àµ പറഞàµà´žàµ.
Jeremiah 51:64
Then you shall say, "Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary."' Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
ഇങàµà´™à´¨àµ† ബാബേൽ ആണàµà´Ÿàµà´ªàµ‹à´•àµà´‚; ഞാൻ അതിനàµà´¨àµ വരàµà´¤àµà´¤àµà´¨àµà´¨ അനർതàµà´¥à´¤àµà´¤à´¿àµ½à´¨à´¿à´¨àµà´¨àµ അതൠപൊങàµà´™à´¿à´µà´°à´¿à´•à´¯à´¿à´²àµà´²; അവർ à´•àµà´·à´¯à´¿à´šàµà´šàµà´ªàµ‹à´•àµà´‚ à´Žà´¨àµà´¨àµ പറയേണം. ഇതàµà´°à´¤àµà´¤àµ‹à´³à´‚ യിരെമàµà´¯à´¾à´µà´¿à´¨àµà´±àµ† വചനങàµà´™àµ¾.
Psalms 69:2
I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, Where the floods overflow me.
ഞാൻ നിലയിലàµà´²à´¾à´¤àµà´¤ ആഴമàµà´³àµà´³ ചേറàµà´±à´¿àµ½ താഴàµà´¨àµà´¨àµ; ആഴമàµà´³àµà´³ വെളàµà´³à´¤àµà´¤à´¿àµ½ ഞാൻ à´®àµà´™àµà´™à´¿à´ªàµà´ªàµ‹à´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ; à´ªàµà´°à´µà´¾à´¹à´™àµà´™àµ¾ à´Žà´¨àµà´¨àµ† കവിഞàµà´žàµŠà´´àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ.
Acts 20:9
And in a window sat a certain young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep. He was overcome by sleep; and as Paul continued speaking, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.
പൗലൊസൠവളരെ നേരം സംà´à´¾à´·à´¿à´•àµà´•à´¯à´¾àµ½ നിദàµà´°à´¾à´µà´¶à´¨à´¾à´¯à´¿ മൂനàµà´¨à´¾à´‚ തടàµà´Ÿà´¿àµ½ നിനàµà´¨àµ താഴെ വീണàµ; അവനെ മരിചàµà´šà´µà´¨à´¾à´¯à´¿ à´Žà´Ÿàµà´¤àµà´¤àµ കൊണàµà´Ÿàµà´µà´¨àµà´¨àµ.
