sink – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of sink

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sink in
Participle: sunk in
Gerund: sinking in

Cognates

See the 4 cognates of sink

Indicative

Present

Isink in
yousink in
he;she;itsinks in
wesink in
yousink in
theysink in

Perfect

Ihave sunk in
youhave sunk in
he;she;ithas sunk in
wehave sunk in
youhave sunk in
theyhave sunk in

Past

Isank in
yousank in
he;she;itsank in
wesank in
yousank in
theysank in

Pluperfect

Ihad sunk in
youhad sunk in
he;she;ithad sunk in
wehad sunk in
youhad sunk in
theyhad sunk in

Future

Iwill sink in
youwill sink in
he;she;itwill sink in
wewill sink in
youwill sink in
theywill sink in

Future Perfect

Iwill have sunk in
youwill have sunk in
he;she;itwill have sunk in
wewill have sunk in
youwill have sunk in
theywill have sunk in

Subjunctive

Present

Isink in
yousink in
he;she;itsink in
wesink in
yousink in
theysink in

Perfect

Ihave sunk in
youhave sunk in
he;she;ithave sunk in
wehave sunk in
youhave sunk in
theyhave sunk in

Imperfect

Isank in
yousank in
he;she;itsank in
wesank in
yousank in
theysank in

Pluperfect

Ihad sunk in
youhad sunk in
he;she;ithad sunk in
wehad sunk in
youhad sunk in
theyhad sunk in

Conditional

Present

Iwould sink in
youwould sink in
he;she;itwould sink in
wewould sink in
youwould sink in
theywould sink in

Perfect

Iwould have sunk in
youwould have sunk in
he;she;itwould have sunk in
wewould have sunk in
youwould have sunk in
theywould have sunk in

Imperative

yousink in
weLet's sink in
yousink in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam sinking in
youare sinking in
he;she;itis sinking in
weare sinking in
youare sinking in
theyare sinking in

Perfect

Ihave been sinking in
youhave been sinking in
he;she;ithas been sinking in
wehave been sinking in
youhave been sinking in
theyhave been sinking in

Past

Iwas sinking in
youwere sinking in
he;she;itwas sinking in
wewere sinking in
youwere sinking in
theywere sinking in

Pluperfect

Ihad been sinking in
youhad been sinking in
he;she;ithad been sinking in
wehad been sinking in
youhad been sinking in
theyhad been sinking in

Future

Iwill be sinking in
youwill be sinking in
he;she;itwill be sinking in
wewill be sinking in
youwill be sinking in
theywill be sinking in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been sinking in
youwill have been sinking in
he;she;itwill have been sinking in
wewill have been sinking in
youwill have been sinking in
theywill have been sinking in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be sinking in
youwould be sinking in
he;she;itwould be sinking in
wewould be sinking in
youwould be sinking in
theywould be sinking in

Perfect

Iwould have been sinking in
youwould have been sinking in
he;she;itwould have been sinking in
wewould have been sinking in
youwould have been sinking in
theywould have been sinking in

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'sink'

begin, countersink, drink, ring, sink, swim, becut, downcut, forecut, foreset, forset, forshut, forthcut, forthfet, forthput, forthset, newset, nutshot, offcut, outcut, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'sink'

dink, ink, jink, kink, link, oink, pink, shink, sick, silk,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to become smaller
decrease, diminish, drop, fall, go down, lessen, reduce, shrink
submerge
immerse, dip, submerse, soak, swamp, scuttle, depress, overwhelm
fall
drop, descend, decline, dip, slump, lower, droop, regress

Antonyms

fall
rise, climb, soar, ascend

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. sincan "become submerged, go under" (past tense sanc, pp. suncen), from P.Gmc. *senkwanan (cf. O.S. sinkan, O.N. sökkva, M.Du. sinken, Du. zinken, O.H.G. sinkan, Ger. sinken, Goth. sigqan), from PIE base *sengw- "to sink." The transitive use supplants M.E. sench (cf. drink/drench) which died out 14c. Sinking fund is from 1724; sinker in fishing line sense is from 1844. Adjective phrase sink or swim is from 1668. To sink without a trace is WWI military jargon, transl. Ger. spurlos versenkt.
2. From Middle English synken, from Old English sincan, from Proto-West Germanic *sinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *sinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷ- (“to fall, sink”).
3. Compare West Frisian sinke, Low German sinken, Dutch zinken, German sinken, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål synke, Swedish sjunka. In the causative sense, it replaced Old English senċan (“make sink”) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną. See: Middle English 'synken', Old English 'sincan', Proto-Germanic '*sinkwaną', Low Saxon 'sinken', Dutch 'zinken', German, old spelling 'sinken', Swedish 'sjunka'.

Verbs referencing "sink"

German, old spelling sinken, Danish synke, Norwegian synke, Ido sinkar.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] The golden calf they worship at Boston is a pigmy compared with the giant effigies set up in other parts of that vast counting-house which lies beyond the Atlantic; and the almighty dollar sinks into something comparatively insignificant, amidst a whole Pantheon of better gods. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • CHAPTER VI Discovery Mr. and Mrs. Shelby, after their protracted discussion of the night before, did not readily sink to repose, and, in consequence, slept somewhat later than usual, the ensuing morning. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] arch above us. As the sun went down behind the bank, the slightest blades of grass upon it seemed to become as distinctly visible as the arteries in the skeleton of a leaf; and when, as it slowly sank, the red and golden bars upon the water grew dimmer, and dimmer yet, as if they were sinking too; and all the glowing colours of departing day paled, inch by inch, before the sombre night; [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] to become as distinctly visible as the arteries in the skeleton of a leaf; and when, as it slowly sank, the red and golden bars upon the water grew dimmer, and dimmer yet, as if they were sinking too; and all the glowing colours of departing day paled, inch by inch, before the sombre night; the scene became a thousand times more lonesome and more dreary than before, and all its influences [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] than a couple of miles an hour, through one unbroken slough of black mud and water. It had no variety but in depth. Now it was only half over the wheels, now it hid the axletree, and now the coach sank down in it almost to the windows. The air resounded in all directions with the loud chirping of the frogs, who, with the pigs (a coarse, ugly breed, as unwholesome-looking as though they were the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] ready to shoot him as he rose. In a few seconds he came up to breathe; and scarce had his head reached the surface of the water when it was completely riddled with the shot of their guns, and he sunk, to rise no more ! ’ (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ These things sink into my heart, Tom, ” said Eva,—“they sink into my heart, ” she repeated, earnestly. “ I don't want to go; ” and she turned from Tom, and went into the house. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] the cradle, Alfred was an aristocrat; and as he grew up, instinctively, all his sympathies and all his reasonings were in that line, and all mother's exhortations went to the winds. As to me, they sunk deep into me. She never contradicted, in form, anything my father said, or seemed directly to differ from him; but she impressed, burnt into my very soul, with all the force of her deep, earnest [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ She can't teach her mischief; she might teach it to some children, but evil rolls off Eva's mind like dew off a cabbage-leaf,—not a drop sinks in. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] even hear a sad story, when other poor creatures have nothing but pain and sorrow, all their lives; — it seems selfish. I ought to know such things, I ought to feel about them ! Such things always sunk into my heart; they went down deep; I 've thought and thought about them. Papa, isn't there any way to have all slaves made free ? ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)