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sänka

“sänka” is a Swedish word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to lower; move downwards
  2. to sink (a boat or the like)
  3. to immerse (in liquid)
  4. to set (to punch a nail into wood)
  5. to reduce in intensity; turn down
  6. to make the ball pass through or down into a score-winning hole (as in basketball or golf)
  7. pocket
  8. to down; to drink (especially beer or liquor)

noun

  1. depression; area of ground which is lower than the surroundings; a long but shallow valley
  2. sink; a point where the divergence of a vector field is negative
  3. ESR; erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Etymology

From Old Swedish sænkia, from Old Norse sænkva, (Old West Norse søkkva) from Proto-Germanic *sankwijaną.

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