sinking

Meaning of sinking

verb
  1. (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
  2. (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
  3. To conceal and appropriate.
  4. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
  5. To pay absolutely.
    I have sunk thousands of pounds into this project.
  6. To reduce or extinguish by payment.
    to sink the national debt
  7. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
  8. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
noun
  1. The process by which something sinks.
    I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore.

Information about sinking

  • The plural form of sinking is: sinkings.
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Hyphenation of sinking

sink-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • sinking is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

sinking synonyms

Meaning :

descend, dip, dunk, submerge

Anagrams of sinking

inkings

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