Verb

• S: (v) sink, settle, go down, go under (go under) "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
• verb group
• S: (v) sink (cause to sink) "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) subside, settle (sink down or precipitate) "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
• S: (v) founder (sink below the surface)
• S: (v) submerge, submerse (sink below the surface; go under or as if under water)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• phrasal verb
• W: (v) sink in [Related to: sink] (pass through) "Water permeates sand easily"
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• S: (v) set, go down, go under (disappear beyond the horizon) "the sun sets early these days"
• S: (v) go by, go under (be called; go by a certain name) "She goes by her maiden name again"