sink
noun
1. plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
Definition categories: man–made
2. (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
- the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide
Definition categories: process, action, activity
3. a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
Similar word(s): sinkhole
Definition categories: object, depression
4. a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
Similar word(s): cesspit, cesspool, sump
Definition categories: man–made, cistern
Sentences with sink as a noun:
- Jones' has a two-seamer with heavy sink.
verb
1. fall or descend to a lower place or level
Similar word(s): drop
Definition categories: motion
2. cause to sink
Definition categories: motion, displace, move
3. pass into a specified state or condition
Definition categories: motion, move
4. go under
Similar word(s): settle
Definition categories: motion, descend, fall
5. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
Similar word(s): subside
Definition categories: motion, descend, fall
6. appear to move downward
Similar word(s): dip
Definition categories: motion, decline
7. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
Similar word(s): slump
Definition categories: change, drop
8. fall or sink heavily
Similar word(s): slump
Definition categories: motion, break, collapse, founder, give
9. embed deeply
Similar word(s): bury
Definition categories: contact, embed, engraft, imbed, implant, plant
Sentences with sink as a verb:
- A stone sinks in water. The sun gradually sank in the west.
- The joint will hold tighter if you sink a wood screw through both boards. The dog sank its teeth into the delivery man's leg.
- to sink one's reputation
- to sink the national debt