"sink in" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-sink in.ogg Forms: sinks in [present, singular, third-person], sinking in [participle, present], sank in [past], sunk in [participle, past], sunken in [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|sink<,,sank,sunk> in|past_ptc2=sunken in}} sink in (third-person singular simple present sinks in, present participle sinking in, simple past sank in, past participle sunk in or sunken in)
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To become completely known, felt, or understood. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Synonyms: dawn on, register, penetrate Translations (to become completely known, felt, or understood): разбирам (razbiram) (Bulgarian), асимилирам (asimiliram) (Bulgarian), valjeta (Finnish), mennä perille (Finnish), tulla ymmärretyksi (Finnish), richtig ankommen (German), leülepedik (Hungarian), assimilarsi (Italian), cair a ficha [informal] (Portuguese), assimilar (Portuguese), asimilar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To become completely known, felt, or understood."
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          "word": "dawn on"
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          "word": "register"
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          "word": "penetrate"
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "razbiram",
          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
          "word": "разбирам"
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        {
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "asimiliram",
          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
          "word": "асимилирам"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
          "word": "valjeta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
          "word": "mennä perille"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
          "word": "tulla ymmärretyksi"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
          "word": "richtig ankommen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
          "word": "leülepedik"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
          "word": "assimilarsi"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
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          "word": "cair a ficha"
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          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
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          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dawn on"
    },
    {
      "word": "register"
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    {
      "word": "penetrate"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razbiram",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "word": "разбирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "asimiliram",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "word": "асимилирам"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "word": "valjeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "word": "mennä perille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "word": "tulla ymmärretyksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "word": "richtig ankommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "word": "leülepedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "word": "assimilarsi"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cair a ficha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "word": "assimilar"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "word": "asimilar"
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