sink in

See also: sinkin'

English

Pronunciation

Audio (AU) (file)

Verb

sink in (third-person singular simple present sinks in, present participle sinking in, simple past sank in, past participle sunk in or sunken in)

(intransitive, idiomatic) To become completely known, felt, or understood.
He knows he's been naughty, but it will take a while for it to sink in.

The gravity of what I had done hadn't sunken in yet.

Synonyms

dawn on, register, penetrate

Translations

to become completely known, felt, or understood

Bulgarian: разбирам (bg) (razbiram), асимилирам (bg) (asimiliram)
Finnish: valjeta (fi), mennä perille, tulla ymmärretyksi
German: richtig ankommen
Hungarian: leülepedik (hu)
Italian: assimilarsi (it)
Portuguese: cair a ficha (informal), assimilar (pt)
Spanish: asimilar (es)

References

“sink in”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Niskin, kinins

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.