"sinking" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: sinkings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Etymology: From sink + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sink|ing|id2=gerund noun}} sink + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} sinking (plural sinkings)
  1. gerund of sink: the process by which something sinks, or is sunk. Tags: form-of, gerund Form of: sink (extra: the process by which something sinks, or is sunk) Derived forms: sinking feeling Translations (process by which something sinks, or is sunk): потъване (potǎvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), forlis [neuter] (Danish), uppoaminen (Finnish), naufrage (note: of a ship) [masculine] (French), Untergang [masculine] (German), affondamento [masculine] (Italian), naufragio (note: of a ship) [masculine] (Italian), 沈没 (Japanese), 침몰 (chimmol) (Korean), totohutanga (Maori), forlis [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tonięcie [neuter] (Polish), naufrágio [masculine] (Portuguese), потопле́ние (potoplénije) [neuter] (Russian), круше́ние (krušénije) (english: shipwreck) [neuter] (Russian), ги́бель (gíbelʹ) (note: of a ship due to a violent or unnatural cause) [feminine] (Russian), hundimiento (Spanish), naufragio (Spanish), förlisning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sinking-en-noun-FXm9Gxzb

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation]
Rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ Etymology: From sink + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sink|ing|id2=gerund noun}} sink + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sinking
  1. present participle and gerund of sink Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: sink Derived forms: like rats from a sinking ship, sinking fund
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "2": "sink",
        "3": "ing",
        "id2": "gerund noun"
      },
      "expansion": "sink + -ing",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From sink + -ing.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "sinking",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "sink‧ing"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "sink"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of sink"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sink",
          "sink#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪŋkɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋkɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sinking"
}

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