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Definition of Sink

1. Noun. Plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe.

2. Verb. Fall or descend to a lower place or level. "He sank to his knees"

3. Noun. (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system. "The ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"

4. Verb. Cause to sink. "The men sink the boat "; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"

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

6. Verb. Pass into a specified state or condition. "He sank into nirvana"

7. Noun. A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it.

8. Verb. Go under,. "They sink "; "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

9. Verb. Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place. "She subsided into the chair"

10. Verb. Appear to move downward. "The moon will soon sink "; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"

11. Verb. Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly. "The stock market is going to sink "; "The real estate market fell off"

12. Verb. Fall or sink heavily. "My spirits sank"

13. Verb. Embed deeply. "He buried his head in her lap"

Definition of Sink

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

3. n. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.

4. n. The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation; as, the sink of the Humboldt River.

Definition of Sink

1. Verb. (ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To push (something) into something. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive figuratively of the human heart) To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive snooker pool billiards golf) To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole ¹

6. Noun. A basin used for holding water for washing ¹

7. Noun. A sinkhole ¹

8. Noun. A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet ¹

9. Noun. A heat sink ¹

10. Noun. A place that absorbs resources or energy ¹

11. Noun. (baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch ¹

12. Noun. (computing programming) An object or callback that captures events; event sink ¹

13. Noun. (graph theory) a destination vertex in a transportation network ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sink

1. to move to a lower level [v SANK, SUNK or SUNKEN, SINKING, SINKS] : SINKABLE [adj]

Medical Definition of Sink

1. 1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes. 2. 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. 3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; called also sink hole. Sink hole. The opening to a sink drain. A cesspool. Same as Sink. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sink

sinistrin sinistro- sinistrocardia sinistrocerebral sinistrocular sinistrogyration sinistromanual sinistropedal sinistrorotation sinistrorsal

sinistrorse sinistrotorsion sinistrous sinistrously sinjarite sink (current term) sink estate sink estates sink hole sink holes

sink in sink like a stone sink one's teeth into sink or swim sinkable sinkage sinkages sinkankasite sinked sinker

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