sank (verb)
1sank — /sæŋk / (say sangk) verb past tense of sink …
2Ergative verb — In linguistics, an ergative verb is a verb that can be either transitive or intransitive, and whose subject when intransitive corresponds to its direct object when transitive.In EnglishIn English, most verbs can be used intransitively, but… …
3Anticausative verb — An anticausative verb is an intransitive verb that shows an event affecting its subject, while giving no semantic or syntactic indication of the cause of the event. The single argument of the anticausative verb (its subject) is a patient, that is …
4Intransitive verb — In grammar, an intransitive verb does not take an object. In more technical terms, an intransitive verb has only one argument (its subject), and hence has a valency of one. For example, in English, the verbs sleep , complain and die , are… …
5Wohlleben (Verb.) — 1. Leb wohl, du theures Land, das mir geboren, sang der Bettler und sprang in die Spree. 2. Leb wohl, Schneider! (Hirschberg.) Wenn die letzte Hoffnung verloren geht, das letzte Geld ausgegeben, der letzte Trumpf, die letzte Karte erfolglos… …
6go down — verb 1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way (Freq. 11) The temperature is going down The barometer is falling The curtain fell on the diva Her hand went up and then fell again • Syn: ↑descend, ↑fall, ↑ …
7sink — verb 1) the coffin sank below the waves Syn: submerge, founder, go down, be engulfed, drop, fall, descend 2) they sank their ships Syn: scuttle; Brit. scupper 3) the sun was sinking …
8eat up — verb 1. finish eating all the food on one s plate or on the table (Freq. 2) She polished off the remaining potatoes • Syn: ↑finish, ↑polish off • Hypernyms: ↑eat • Hyponyms: ↑ …
9go under — verb 1. go under, The raft sank and its occupants drowned (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑sink, ↑settle, ↑go down • Ant: ↑float (for: ↑sink) …
10drop down — verb fall or descend to a lower place or level He sank to his knees • Syn: ↑sink, ↑drop • Derivationally related forms: ↑drop (for: ↑drop) • Hypernyms …
