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n. gootsteen; plaats waar leden van onderwereld samenkomen--------v. verzinken, zinken, ondergaan; tot zinken brengen; vallen; parachuutspringen; indringen; van honger omkomensink1[ singk] 〈 zelfstandig naamwoord〉2 wasbak♦voorbeelden:————————sink21 (weg)zinken ⇒ (weg)zakken, verzakken3 afnemen ⇒ verflauwen, verdwijnen♦voorbeelden:sunken road • verzakte/holle wegsink to the ground • op de grond neerzijgenhis voice sank to a whisper • zijn stem daalde tot op fluisterniveausink in one's estimation • in iemands achting dalen5 his words will sink in • zijn woorden zullen inslaan/doordringenthe news finally sank into his mind • het nieuws drong eindelijk tot hem doorII 〈 overgankelijk werkwoord〉4 (bal) in gat/korf krijgen 〈 golf, basketbal enz.〉♦voorbeelden:sink one's head into one's hands • zijn hoofd in zijn handen laten zakkensink a pole into the ground • een paal de grond in drijvenbe sunk • reddeloos verloren zijn
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