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sink

Nouns

• (n) plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
• (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
• (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 sinkhole, swallow hole,
• (n) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it cesspit, cesspool, sump,

Verbs

• (v) fall or descend to a lower place or level
  • He sank to his knees
  drop down, drop,
• (v) cause to sink
  • The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor
• (v) pass into a specified state or condition
  • He sank into nirvana
  lapse, pass,
• (v) go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" go under, go down, settle,
• (v) descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
  • He sank into bed
  • She subsided into the chair
  subside,
• (v) appear to move downward
  • The sun dipped below the horizon
  • The setting sun sank below the tree line
  dip,
• (v) fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
  • The real estate market fell off
  fall off, slump,
• (v) fall or sink heavily
  • He slumped onto the couch
  • My spirits sank
  slide down, slump,
• (v) embed deeply
  • She sank her fingers into the soft sand
  • He buried his head in her lap
  bury,

Synonyms

drop down drop sinkhole swallow hole lapse pass go under go down settle cesspit cesspool sump subside dip fall off slump slide down bury

Antonyms

source float swim

See also

filter permeate sink in percolate

Words of close approximity