sink

Definitions

1. 1intransitive verb

   To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west.

2. 2intransitive verb

   To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.

3. 3intransitive verb

   Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.

4. 4intransitive verb

   To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

6. 6transitive verb

   To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.

7. 7transitive verb

   Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation.

8. 8transitive verb

   To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.

9. 9transitive verb

   To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.

10. 10transitive verb

    To conseal and appropriate.

11. 11transitive verb

    To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

12. 12transitive verb

    To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.

13. 13noun

    A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.

14. 14noun

    A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.

15. 15noun

    A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole.

16. 16noun

    a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

    Synonyms

    cesspitcesspoolsump
17. 17noun

    plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

18. 18noun

    a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

    Synonyms

    sinkhole
19. 19noun

    (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

    "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"

20. 20verb

    fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

    "The real estate market fell off"

    Synonyms

    slump
21. 21verb

    embed deeply

    "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"

    "He buried his head in her lap"

    Synonyms

    bury
22. 22verb

    descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

    "He sank into bed"

    "She subsided into the chair"

    Synonyms

    subside
23. 23verb

    pass into a specified state or condition

    "He sank into nirvana"

    Synonyms

    lapsepass
24. 24verb

    fall or descend to a lower place or level

    "He sank to his knees"

    Synonyms

    drop
25. 25verb

    cause to sink

    "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"

26. 26verb

    fall or sink heavily

    "He slumped onto the couch"

    "My spirits sank"

    Synonyms

    slump
27. 27verb

    go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

    Synonyms

    settle
28. 28verb

    appear to move downward

    "The sun dipped below the horizon"

    "The setting sun sank below the tree line"

    Synonyms

    dip