Antonyms for sink into
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : singk |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɪŋk |
Definition of sink into
Origin :- Old English sincan (intransitive) "become submerged, go under, subside" (past tense sanc, past participle suncen), from Proto-Germanic *senkwanan (cf. Old Saxon sinkan, Old Norse sökkva, Middle Dutch sinken, Dutch zinken, Old High German sinkan, German sinken, Gothic sigqan), from PIE root *sengw- "to sink."
- The transitive use (mid-13c.) supplanted Middle English sench (cf. drink/drench) which died out 14c. Related: Sank; sunk; sinking. Sinking fund is from 1724. Adjective phrase sink or swim is from 1660s. To sink without a trace is World War I military jargon, translating German spurlos versenkt.
- As in penetrate : verb pierce; get through physically
Synonyms for sink into
- access
- barge in
- bayonet
- blow in
- bore
- break in
- breeze in
- bust in
- charge
- come
- crack
- diffuse
- drill
- drive
- eat through
- encroach
- enter
- filter in
- force
- get in
- go through
- gore
- impale
- infiltrate
- ingress
- insert
- insinuate
- introduce
- invade
- jab
- knife
- make a hole
- make an entrance
- pass through
- percolate
- perforate
- permeate
- pervade
- pop in
- prick
- probe
- puncture
- ream
- run into
- saturate
- seep
- sink into
- spear
- stab
- stick into
- suffuse
- thrust
- trespass
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