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sink

What is the past tense of sink?

The past tense of sink is sank, and the past participle is sunk.

Sink is an irregular (strong) verb: the vowel changes instead of adding -ed.

All forms of sink

as a noun

base
sink
plural
sinks

as a verb

base
sink
past tense
sank
past participle
sunk
present participle
sinking
third-person singular
sinks