"sink in" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sinks in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinking in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sank in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunk in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunken in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sink<,,sank,sunk> in",
        "past_ptc2": "sunken in"
      },
      "expansion": "sink in (third-person singular simple present sinks in, present participle sinking in, simple past sank in, past participle sunk in or sunken in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (in)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He knows he's been naughty, but it will take a while for it to sink in.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The gravity of what I had done hadn't sunken in yet.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become completely known, felt, or understood."
      ],
      "id": "en-sink_in-en-verb-FJideRCy",
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "felt",
          "feel"
        ],
        [
          "understood",
          "understand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To become completely known, felt, or understood."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dawn on"
        },
        {
          "word": "register"
        },
        {
          "word": "penetrate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "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"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "cair a ficha"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
          "word": "assimilar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
          "word": "asimilar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-sink in.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/En-au-sink_in.ogg/En-au-sink_in.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/En-au-sink_in.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sink in"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sinks in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinking in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sank in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunk in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sunken in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sink<,,sank,sunk> in",
        "past_ptc2": "sunken in"
      },
      "expansion": "sink in (third-person singular simple present sinks in, present participle sinking in, simple past sank in, past participle sunk in or sunken in)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (in)",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He knows he's been naughty, but it will take a while for it to sink in.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The gravity of what I had done hadn't sunken in yet.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become completely known, felt, or understood."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ],
        [
          "felt",
          "feel"
        ],
        [
          "understood",
          "understand"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, idiomatic) To become completely known, felt, or understood."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-sink in.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7e/En-au-sink_in.ogg/En-au-sink_in.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/En-au-sink_in.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dawn on"
    },
    {
      "word": "register"
    },
    {
      "word": "penetrate"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "cair a ficha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "word": "assimilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to become completely known, felt, or understood",
      "word": "asimilar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sink in"
}