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merriam webster
to sink down
para hundirse
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sink verb

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sank, has sunk, is sinking, sinks
hundir (un barco, etc.); hundirse (dícese de un barco); descender, caer; excavar (un pozo para minar), perforar (un pozo de agua); bajar; clavar, hincar; invertir (fondos)

Example sentences of
sink verb

  • •The passengers were rescued from the boat before it sank.
  • •The rock sank to the bottom of the pool.
  • •My foot sank into the deep mud.
  • •She sank up to her knees in the snow.
  • •The torpedo sank the ship.
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  • •The sun sank behind the hills.
  • •She sank back into the cozy chair.
  • •The temperature sinks quickly after the sun sets.
  • •The lake's water level is slowly sinking.
  • •His strength is slowly sinking.
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Synonyms of
sink verb

decrease, drop, excavate, fall, invest, plunge, stick

down preposition

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(hacia) abajo; por, a lo largo de; a través de

Example sentences of
down preposition

  • •Sweat dripped down her neck.
  • •The children ran down the hill.
  • •She fell down the stairs.
  • •He climbed down the ladder.
  • •He spilled mustard down the front of his shirt.
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  • •Her hair hung loosely down her back.
  • •Go down the road and turn left.
  • •We grew up down the block from each other.
  • •The bathroom is halfway down the hall on the right.
  • •His pitches were right down the middle of the plate.
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Synonyms of
down preposition

along