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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: sink

1
 v
fall or descend to a lower place or level
2
 n
plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: sink
1

v fall or descend to a lower place or level

“He sank to his knees”
Synonyms:
drop, drop down
fall off, slump
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
drop
let fall to the ground
Types:
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drop open, fall open
open involuntarily
droop, flag, sag, swag
droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness
sag, sag down
cause to sag
slouch, slump
assume a drooping posture or carriage
bag
hang loosely, like an empty bag
Type of:
change posture
undergo a change in bodily posture

v fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly

Synonyms:
fall off, slump
drop, drop down
fall or descend to a lower place or level
Type of:
drop
go down in value

v descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

“He sank into bed”
Synonyms:
subside
Type of:
come down, descend, fall, go down
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

v appear to move downward

“The setting sun sank below the tree line”
Synonyms:
dip
Types:
subside
sink to a lower level or form a depression
Type of:
decline
go down

v fall or sink heavily

“My spirits sank”
Synonyms:
slide down, slump
Type of:
break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way
break down, literally or metaphorically

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

Synonyms:
go down, go under, settle
Antonyms:
float, swim
be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
float
move lightly, as if suspended
float
set afloat
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settle, subside
sink down or precipitate
founder
sink below the surface
submerge, submerse
sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
dive
plunge into water
Type of:
come down, descend, fall, go down
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

v cause to sink

“The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor”
Synonyms
go down, go under, settle
go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
Types:
settle
cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
Type of:
displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

v pass into a specified state or condition

“He sank into nirvana”
Synonyms:
lapse, pass
Type of:
move
go or proceed from one point to another

v embed deeply

“She sank her fingers into the soft sand”
Synonyms:
bury
Types:
countersink, set
insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
Type of:
embed, engraft, imbed, implant, plant
fix or set securely or deeply
2

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

Types:
kitchen sink
a sink in a kitchen
basin, lavatory, washbasin, washbowl, washstand
a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your hands and face
Type of:
plumbing fixture
a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building

n a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

Synonyms:
cesspit, cesspool, sump
Type of:
cistern
an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater

n 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, swallow hole
Type of:
depression, natural depression
a sunken or depressed geological formation

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

“the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide”
Antonyms:
source
(technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system
Types:
heat sink
a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat
Type of:
action, activity, natural action, natural process
a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
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