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sinking+(noun)

  • 1 rescue

    ['rɛskjuː] 1. n
    ( help) ratunek m; ( from drowning etc) akcja f ratownicza
    2. vt
    * * *
    ['reskju:] 1. verb
    (to get or take out of a dangerous situation, captivity etc: The lifeboat was sent out to rescue the sailors from the sinking ship.) (wy)ratować
    2. noun
    ((an) act of rescuing or state of being rescued: The lifeboat crew performed four rescues last week; After his rescue, the climber was taken to hospital; They came quickly to our rescue.) akcja ratunkowa, uratowanie, ratunek

    English-Polish dictionary > rescue

  • 2 shipwreck

    ['ʃɪprɛk] 1. n
    ( event) katastrofa f morska; ( ship) wrak m (statku)
    2. vt

    to be shipwrecked — ocaleć ( perf) z katastrofy morskiej

    * * *
    1) (the accidental sinking or destruction of a ship: There were many shipwrecks on the rocky coast.) katastrofa morska
    2) (a wrecked ship: an old shipwreck on the shore.) wrak

    English-Polish dictionary > shipwreck

  • 3 sink

    [sɪŋk] 1. n
    zlew m, zlewozmywak m
    2. vt; pt sank, pp sunk
    ship zatapiać (zatopić perf); well, foundations wykopywać (wykopać perf)
    3. vi
    ship tonąć (zatonąć perf); heart zamierać (zamrzeć perf); ground zapadać się (zapaść się perf); (also: sink down) ( in exhaustion) osuwać się (osunąć się perf)

    to sink one's teeth/claws into — zatapiać (zatopić perf) zęby/pazury w +loc

    he sank (back) into a chair — ( in exhaustion) opadł na fotel; ( getting comfortable) zagłębił się w fotelu

    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    [siŋk] 1. past tense - sank; verb
    1) (to (cause to) go down below the surface of water etc: The torpedo sank the battleship immediately; The ship sank in deep water.) zatapiać, tonąć
    2) (to go down or become lower (slowly): The sun sank slowly behind the hills; Her voice sank to a whisper.) zniżać się
    3) (to (cause to) go deeply (into something): The ink sank into the paper; He sank his teeth into an apple.) wsiąkać, zanurzać
    4) ((of one's spirits etc) to become depressed or less hopeful: My heart sinks when I think of the difficulties ahead.) zamierać, smucić się
    5) (to invest (money): He sank all his savings in the business.) utopić
    2. noun
    (a kind of basin with a drain and a water supply connected to it: He washed the dishes in the sink.) zlew, umywalka
    - be sunk
    - sink in

    English-Polish dictionary > sink

  • 4 SOS

    n abbr
    = save our souls SOS nt inv
    * * *
    [esəu'es]
    (a call for help or rescue, often in code and usually from a distance: Send an SOS to the mainland to tell them that we are sinking!) S.O.S.

    English-Polish dictionary > SOS

См. также в других словарях:

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  • sinking — noun 1. a descent as through liquid (especially through water) (Freq. 1) they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic • Derivationally related forms: ↑sink • Hypernyms: ↑descent • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • sinking feeling — noun a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension with a sinking heart a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach • Syn: ↑sinking • Hypernyms: ↑anxiety …   Useful english dictionary

  • sinking — noun The act or process of sinking. I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore …   Wiktionary

  • sinking feeling — noun A feeling of uneasiness or apprehension :I have a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach …   Wiktionary

  • sinking fund — sinking ,fund noun count money you save in order to pay for something in the future …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sinking-fund bond — noun : a bond issued with a provision that a specified amount or percentage of the issuer s income will be paid annually into a sinking fund set up to retire the bond issue …   Useful english dictionary

  • sinking pump — noun : a pump especially designed for use in shaft sinking called also sinker …   Useful english dictionary

  • sinking speed — noun : the rate of vertical descent of an airplane in a steady glide * * * sinking speed, the speed at which an airplane, bird, or other flying object descends vertically while gliding …   Useful english dictionary

  • sinking fund — noun Date: 1724 a fund set up and accumulated by usually regular deposits for paying off the principal of a debt when it falls due …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sinking ship — noun A doomed cause; a lost cause; a loosing cause; a loosing proposition; an impending debacle; an on going disaster; a bad deal …   Wiktionary

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