Definition of Sink

Verb: sink (sank,sunk)  singk

  1. Fall or descend to a lower place or level
    "He sank to his knees";
    - drop, drop down
     
  2. Cause to sink
    "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"
     
  3. Pass into a specified state or condition
    "He sank into nirvana";
    - pass, lapse
     
  4. Go under
    "The raft sank and its occupants drowned";
    - settle, go down, go under
     
  5. Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
    "He sank into bed";
    - subside
     
  6. Appear to move downward
    "The setting sun sank below the tree line";
    - dip
     
  7. Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
    "The real estate market sank";
    - slump, fall off
     
  8. Fall or sink heavily
    "My spirits sank";
    - slump, slide down
     
  9. Embed deeply
    "She sank her fingers into the soft sand";
    - bury
Noun: sink  singk
  1. Plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
     
  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"
     
  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
    - sinkhole, swallow hole
     
  4. A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
    - cesspool, cesspit, sump

See also:
Sinitic
sinkable

Anagrams containing the word sink

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