Verb: sink in
- Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
"The significance of his words finally sank in";
- click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, penetrate, fall into place
- Pass through
"Water sinks in sand easily";
- percolate, permeate, filter
Derived forms: sunk in, sinking in, sank in, sinks in
Type of: penetrate, pierce, realise [Brit], realize, see, understand