English–Dutch dictionary
Dutch translation of the English word sink like a stone
English | Dutch (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
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(bore; broach; strike; tap) | boratingi | |
(sag) | ||
🔗 The sun sank into the clouds. | ||
(scupper) | doen zinken ; | sinkigi |
🔗 In the space of two hours half of the overloaded ships of Lyonesse and Dascinet were either sunk or broken on the rocks, with a loss of two thousand men. | ||
; | ||
(descend; go down; drop; lower oneself) | ; ; ; | |
(drown) | ; | |
(clay; earthen; earthenware) | ; klei‐ ; van klei ; | |
(metalled; stony; adamant) | ||
🔗 Crouched against the stone wall, he listened. | ||
🔗 A stone, coming from nowhere, crashed into the ground at his feet. | ||
(core; kernel; pit; gist; nub; pith; crux) | ||
ŝtonumi | ||
🔗 He was dragged outside the city and stoned to death. | ||
🔗 A long time ago he told me he weighed 16 stone. | ||
English | Dutch |
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sink like a stone | ⇆ zinken als een baksteen |
sink | ⇆ aanboren; ⇆ achteruitgaan; ⇆ afnemen; ⇆ bezinken; ⇆ bezwijken; ⇆ boren; ⇆ dalen; ⇆ doen zinken; ⇆ gootsteen; ⇆ graven; ⇆ graveren; ⇆ in de grond boren; ⇆ laten dalen; ⇆ laten hagen; ⇆ laten zakken; ⇆ neerlaten; ⇆ neerzinken; ⇆ te gronde gaan; ⇆ tot zinken brengen; ⇆ vallen; ⇆ verflauwen; ⇆ verzakken; ⇆ verzinken; ⇆ zakken; ⇆ zinken; ⇆ óndergaan |
stone | ⇆ <gewichtsmaat>; ⇆ gesteente; ⇆ met stenen gooien naar; ⇆ ontpitten; ⇆ pit; ⇆ steen; ⇆ steentje; ⇆ stenen; ⇆ stenigen; ⇆ van pitten ontdoen |