intransitive. To sink, fall, descend (literal and figurative); to collapse.
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| 释义 | the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards			[verb (intransitive)]		 > sink (49)		 syec888 intransitive. To sink, fall, descend (literal and figurative); to collapse. besinkc893 intransitive. To sink, fall down through any substance. asye1024 To sink down; to ‘set’. asinkc1275 To sink down. sink?a1300 intransitive. To descend to a lower plane or level; to fall, drop, slip down; to enter in by falling. Of fish: to plunge deep, as when avoiding… settlec1315 To sink down gradually by or as by its own weight. Of the ground: To subside. Of a structure or part of a structure: To sink downwards from its… silea1400 To fall or sink (down). Also dialect, to subside. droopc1540 To sink, go down, descend. Now only poetic; of the sun, day, etc.: to decline, draw to a close. recide1628 intransitive. To fall or draw back; to relapse. subsidate1653 intransitive. To sink inwards. squat1687 intransitive. To sink in or down, in various uses. pitch1751 intransitive. To settle downwards, subside; spec. (of particles in a liquid) to settle, to compact. Also figurative: (of an animal) to lose weight… gravitate1823 To sink or fall by, or as by, gravitation: to tend to reach a low level; to settle down (into a place). literal and figurative. Subcategories:— 			under weight or pressure			(7)		 — 			sink into something			(1)		 — 			sink into a soft surface			(4)		 — 			from lack of strength or effort			(2)		 — 			allow oneself to drop down gradually or easily			(5)		 — 			deep			(1)		 — 			of liquid			(2)		 — 			in liquid			(14)		  | 
	
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