sinking

English

Etymology

From sink +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
Hyphenation: sink‧ing

Noun

sinking (plural sinkings)

gerund of sink: the process by which something sinks, or is sunk.
I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore.
- 1857, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection:
  We must endeavour to realize a succession of gradual sinkings or depressions into deep water, alternating with gradual emergings into shallows, and eventually a gradual continued lifting of the whole district […]
- 2022 August 10, “Network News: New maintenance tunnel at Euston”, in RAIL, number 963, page 21:
  The excavation took 16 months of 24-hour working to complete and required the sinking of a 65ft shaft, from where workers carved out the passageway and lined it with reinforced steel and sprayed concrete.

Derived terms

sinking feeling

Translations

process by which something sinks, or is sunk

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Bulgarian: потъване (bg) n (potǎvane)
Chinese:
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Danish: forlis n
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Finnish: uppoaminen (fi)
French: naufrage (fr) m (of a ship)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Untergang (de) m
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Italian: affondamento (it) m, naufragio (it) m (of a ship)
Japanese: 沈没 (ja)
Korean: 침몰 (ko) (chimmol)
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Maori: totohutanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forlis (no) n
Polish: tonięcie (pl) n
Portuguese: naufrágio (pt) m
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Spanish: hundimiento, naufragio (es)
Swedish: förlisning c
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Verb

sinking

present participle and gerund of sink

Derived terms

Further reading

sinking (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

inkings

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