sink in
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
Related & opposite
- understand causes
Sense 2 verb
pass through
Water permeates sand easily
Types & categories
- penetrate hypernym
- infiltrate hyponym
- infiltrate hyponym
Related & opposite
- filtration derivation
- filtration derivation
- percolation derivation
- permeation derivation
- permeant derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | understand |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filtration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filtration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | percolation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permeation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | permeant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | penetrate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | infiltrate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | infiltrate |