SINKS

  

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SINKS

"SINKS" is a plural of: sink.

Date "SINKS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: SINKS

DomainDefinition

Geological

Interrupted drainage develops on limestone or dolomite beds through the dissolving action of water on the formation. Consequently, streams can disappear into subterranean caverns, often not re-emerging until they have traveled underground for a considerable distance. The term sink (or sinkhole) or karst drainage is sometimes used to describe this unusual stream pattern. (references)

Mining

Fractions with a defined upper limit of specific gravity and so described,e.g., sinks 1.60 specific gravity. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: SINKS

English words defined with "SINKS": Disappearing carriage, Drakestoneload linemire, morassquagmireRunning blocksinker, Sinking pumpWell sinker. (references)
Specialty definitions using "SINKS": Apold-Fleissner processBaume gravity, blind drainage areaCarbon sequestration, Carbon sinks, Chance sand-flotation process, CLEANER, LABORATORY EQUIPMENT, closed-drainage area, critical path problem, CULTURED-MARBLE-PRODUCTS MAKER, cumulative sink curvedense-media separation, diffusive equilibrium, drum separatorenamel drier, energy budget, equipment washerfloat-and-sink analysis, Fraser's air-sand processGray Water, greywaterhypopyon, hypopyumInsurance with Average-clauseKarst, karstic phenomenalaboratory aide, laboratory assistant, laboratory helper, LABORATORY-EQUIPMENT INSTALLER, laborer, laboratory, Leebar separatormagmatic stoping, MILKING-SYSTEM INSTALLER, mobile mine, Moses' Rodnon-contributing area, Norwalt separatorPHOTO MASK PROCESSOR, Prins process, propelled mineReticuliteSanitary Water, selenium rectifier, STEWARD/STEWARDESS, BATHtester helperWAFER CLEANER, wafer etcher. (references)

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Modern Usage: SINKS

DomainUsage

Screenplays

After I sinks a certain pesky rabbit, I'll come back and pick you up (Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island; writing credit: David Detiege; John W. Dunn)

The bumble sinks! Ha ha (Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; writing credit: Robert May; Romeo Muller)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: SINKS

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Sinks, Wash Basins, Bidets, and Water Closet Pans in The Middle East (reference)

  • The 2002 World Forecasts of Sinks, Wash Basins, Bidets, and Water Closet Pans Export Supplies (reference)

  • The 2003 World Market Forecasts for Imported Sinks, Wash Basins, Bidets, and Water Closet Pans (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Sinks, Wash Basins, Bidets, and Water Closet Pans in Ireland (reference)

  • The World Market for Sinks, Wash Basins, Bidets, and Water Closet Pans: A 2003 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Atmospheric Methane: Sources, Sinks, and Role in Global Change (NATO Asi Series: Series I: Global Environmental Change, Vol 13) (reference)

  • Microbiology of Atmospheric Trace Gases: Sources, Sinks and Global Change Processes (NATO Asi Series. Series I, Global Environmental Change, Vol. 39) (reference)

  • Understanding SMTP Event Sinks - Developing a Simple Mailing List System with VB and CDO [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • The Sinks of Gandy Creek (reference)

  • The 2000 Import and Export Market for Sinks, Wash Basins, Bidets, and Water Closet Pans in Africa [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: SINKS

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: SINKS

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Retrieving a gillnet from the water, the mesh is 1&1/2". The catch is primarily white perch. The gillnets are experimental multi-mesh gillnets. All nets are connected to a string of nets containing different size mesh between 1&1/2", 2&1/2", and 3&1/2" mesh. Gillnets are made with a lead line that sinks to the bottom and a float line that keeps the net just below the surface of the water. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Artwork by Bacon, published in "Deeds of Valor", Volume II, page 47, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907. It depicts Landsman Thomas E. Corcoran assisting fellow crewmen of USS Cincinnati as their ship sinks under fire of Confederate batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on 27 May 1863. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at this time. Credit: NAVY.

Coast Guard cutter sinks sub / official Coast Guard photo. Credit: Library of Congress.

International Nickel Co. at Coast & Geodetic Survey. Camera and sinks I, U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. Credit: Library of Congress.

Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. Sinks and showers in dormitory at Capitol Radio Engineering Institute. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: SINKS
 

"The Leaky Boat" by Dennis Bale
Commentary: "A boat slowly sinks, tethered to the jetty, till it rests on the sandy bottom."
"Spiff 1" by Megan Brock
Commentary: "I hope you like sinks. :P."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: SINKS

AuthorQuotation

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate.

Oliver Goldsmith

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Ovid

All things human hang by a slender thread; and that which seemed to stand strong suddenly falls and sinks in ruins.

Quentin Crisp

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

Walter Savage Landor

I warmed both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart.
Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: SINKS

AuthorDateQuotation

Communist Manifesto

1848

The modern laborer, on the contrary, instead of rising with the progress of industry, sinks deeper and deeper below the conditions of existence of his own class. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: SINKS

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

The heart almost sinks with terror at the thought of such a death for so many brave men.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: SINKS

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Have someone who is healthy and not pregnant handle raw meat for you. If this is not possible, wear clean latex gloves when you touch raw meat and wash any cutting boards, sinks, knives, and other utensils that might have touched the raw meat. Wash your hands well with soap and warm water afterwards. (references)

Economic History

China

Augmenting this sustained growth are 10 sub-sector categories, namely: acrylic and vinyl based paints; granite, crude/rough; coniferous wood veneer sheets; doors, windows, frames, and thresholds; aluminum doors, windows, and frames; plasters; sinks, wash basins, and stainless steel products; sanitary fixtures, porcelain/china; and other miscellaneous structural materials. (references)

Human Rights

Iceland

However, the prison system still uses a substandard jail (Hegningarhusid, built in 1874), where the 16 individual cells lack toilets and sinks. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: SINKS

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Buchanan

1857-1861But the squandering of the public money sinks into comparative insignificance as a temptation to corruption when compared with the squandering of the public lands.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: SINKS

"SINKS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 50.28% of the time. "SINKS" is used about 179 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)50.28%9034,744
Lexical Verb (-s form)49.72%8934,931
                    Total100.00%179N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: SINKS

The following table summarizes the usage of "SINKS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
SinksLast name17045,404
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SINKS

Language Translations for "SINKS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

nautex,en kridtart,som findes i stoerre maengder i Champagne,adsorberer,efter ved en overfladebehandling at vaere gjort vandskyende og oliesugende,kulbrinter,som den aflejrer idet den traekker dem til bunds(sedimenteringsteknik (and the oil-soaked chalk sinks to the sea bed(sinking technique)(nautex is a variety of chalk found in abundance in Champagne), application of nautex to the surface of the oil renders it hydrophobic and oleophilic). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zich automatisch opblazen wanneer het schip zinkt (to inflate automatically when the ship sinks), nadat nautex-soort krijt dat overvloedig in Champagne voorkomt-door een oppervlaktebehandeling waterafstotend en olieaantrekkend is gemaakt,adsorbeert het koolwaterstoffen en slaat deze neer door hen naar de bodem te voeren (and the oil-soaked chalk sinks to the sea bed(sinking technique)(nautex is a variety of chalk found in abundance in Champagne), application of nautex to the surface of the oil renders it hydrophobic and oleophilic), integrale benadering met betrekking tot bronnen en putten (comprehensiveness with regard to sources and sinks), alomvattendheid met betrekking tot bronnen en putten (comprehensiveness with regard to sources and sinks). (various references)

   

French

  

lourds, enfonce. (various references)

   

German

  

Ausgüsse. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κόβεται το αίμα μου (one's heart sinks), υδρόφοβο και ελαιόφιλο το NAUTEX,είδος κιμωλίας που βρίσκεται σε αφθονία στην Καμπανία,μετά από μία επιφανειακή κατεργασία συγκρατεί τους υδ (and the oil-soaked chalk sinks to the sea bed(sinking technique)(nautex is a variety of chalk found in abundance in Champagne), application of nautex to the surface of the oil renders it hydrophobic and oleophilic), φουσκώνω αυτόματα όταν το πλοίο βυθίζεται (to inflate automatically when the ship sinks), απογοητεύομαι (one's heart sinks). (various references)

   

Italian

  

abbassa (lowers). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

船が沈む (the ship sinks). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inkssay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

тонуть;топить;погружаться. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

por un tratamiento superficial, el nautex (tipo de yeso que se encuentra en abundancia en la región de Champagne) se torna hidrófobo y oleófilo, absorbiendo los hidrocarburos y arrastrándolos hasta su precipitación en el fondo (técnica de sedimentac (and the oil-soaked chalk sinks to the sea bed(sinking technique)(nautex is a variety of chalk found in abundance in Champagne), application of nautex to the surface of the oil renders it hydrophobic and oleophilic), inflarse automáticamente cuando el buque se hunde (to inflate automatically when the ship sinks). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: SINKS

Derivations

Words ending with "SINKS": countersinks. (additional references)


Misspellings

"SINKS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sanka, Sankt, sifnos, siksi, sinc, sinhs, sinkt, sinn, sinx, spinks, zinks. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "SINKS"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "SINKS" (pronounced si"ngks)
4-i" ng k sblinks, brinks, chinks, drinks, finks, inks, jinks, jinx, kinks, links, Lynx, minks, pinks, rinks, shrinks, skinks, sphinx, stinks, thinks, winks.
3-ng k sbanks, blanks, bunks, chunks, clunks, cranks, drunks, dunks, flanks, flunks, francs, Franks, funks, Hanks, Hijinks, hunks, hyperlinks, larynx, monks, nasopharynx, phalanx, pharynx, planks, pranks, punks, ranks, shanks, skunks, tanks, thanks, tiddlywinks, trunks, yanks.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: SINKS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: skins.

Words within the letters "i-k-n-s-s"

-1 letter: inks, kins, kiss, sink, sins, skin, skis.

-2 letters: ink, ins, kin, sin, sis, ski.

-3 letters: in, is, si.

 Words containing the letters "i-k-n-s-s"
 

+1 letter: siskin, skeins, skinks, slinks, snicks, stinks, swinks.

 

+2 letters: askings, buskins, enskies, gaskins, inkless, kamsins, kenosis, kinases, kineses, kinesis, kissing, knishes, shrinks, sickens, sinkers, siskins, skiings.

 

+3 letters: banksias, cowskins, doeskins, foxskins, gaskings, griskins, hokiness, huskings, ickiness, inkiness, jokiness, khamsins, kidskins, kindless, kindness, kinesics, kingless, kinships, kipskins, kyanises, lentisks, likeness, maskings, miniskis, misknows, oilskins, pigskins, pinkness, pokiness, pyknosis, redskins, sackings, sealskin, sickness, sinkages, skatings, skinfuls, skinkers, skinless, skinners, skylines, snakiest, snickers, spunkies, sputniks, stinkers, swanskin, unkissed, unsticks.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Speeches
13. Usage Frequency
14. Names: Frequency
15. Translations: Modern
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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