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sinkward en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English sink Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English sinkward From sink + -ward.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Towards a sink.
    • He takes the fruit and a knife sinkward, and as the women fashion plans he slices melon and devours the red fibers, spitting seeds into the hollow tub. 1986, Betty Rollin, Last Wish:
    • Remove with warm water and don’t freak when the little black “tubes” fall sinkward. 2009 February 22, S.S. Fair, “Curl, Interrupted”, in New York Times: