| sänka |
| 1. v. to lower; move downwards | |
| Den vänstra tavlan bör sänkas lite så den kommer i jämnhöjd med de andra. - The left picture should be lowered somewhat so that it is even with the other. | |
| 2. v. to sink (a boat or the like) | |
| Båten sänktes av en torped - The boat was sunk by a torpedo | |
| 3. v. to immerse (in liquid) | |
| Arkimedes gillade att sänka ner grejer i vätska - Archimedes liked to immerse things in liquid | |
| 4. v. to set (to punch a nail into wood) | |
| 5. v. to reduce in intensity; turn down | |
| Sänk ljudet på tv:n! - Turn down the sound of the TV! | |
| 6. v. to make the ball pass through or down into a score-winning hole (as in basketball or golf) | |
| 7. v. (sports) pocket | |
| 8. v. (slang) to down; to drink (especially beer or liquor) | |
| att sänka en kall bira - to down a cold beer | |
| 9. n-c. depression; area of ground which is lower than the surroundings; a long but shallow valley | |
| 10. n-c. (mathematics) sink; a point where the divergence of a vector field is negative | |
| 11. n-c. (colloquial medicine) ESR; erythrocyte sedimentation rate | |
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