zinken

Definitions of zinken
  1. verb
    go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
    synonyms: afzakken, kelderen, neergaan, ondergaan, zakken
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    antonyms:
    dobberen, drijven
    be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
    drijven
    set afloat
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    types:
    bezinken, uitwoeden
    sink down or precipitate
    vergaan
    sink below the surface
    onderduiken
    plunge into water
    type of:
    afgaan, bliksemen, dalen, donderen, donderstralen, duvelen, flikkeren, kletteren, kukelen, lazeren, mieteren, neerkletteren, ploffen, sodemieteren, vallen, zakken
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
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