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NOUN | 1 | sink | Plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe |
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2 | sink | (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system | |
3 | sink, sinkhole, swallow hole | A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof | |
4 | sink, cesspool, cesspit, sump | A covered cistern | |
VERB | 1 | sink, drop, drop down | Fall or drop to a lower place or level |
2 | sink | Cause to sink | |
3 | sink, pass, lapse | Pass into a specified state or condition | |
4 | sink, settle, go down, go under | Go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" | |
5 | sink, subside | Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place | |
6 | sink, dip | Appear to move downward | |
7 | sink, slump, fall off | Fall heavily or suddenly | |
8 | sink, slump, slide down | Fall or sink heavily | |
9 | sink, bury | Embed deeply |
Sounds | sih'ngk |
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Rhymes | blink, brink, chink, and 24 more rhymes in ihngk at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe. |
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Parts | drain basket |
Narrower | kitchen sink; washbasin, basin, washbowl, washstand, lavatory |
Broader | plumbing fixture |
Meaning | (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system. |
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Examples | "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide" |
Category | engineering, engineering science, applied science, technology |
Narrower | heat sink |
Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity |
Contrary | source |
Meaning | A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof. |
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Synonyms | sinkhole, swallow hole |
Broader | natural depression, depression |
Meaning | A covered cistern. Waste water and sewage flow into it. |
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Synonyms | cesspool, cesspit, sump |
Broader | cistern |
Meaning | Fall or drop to a lower place or level. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | drop, drop down |
Narrower | drop open, fall open; sag, droop, swag, flag; sag, sag down |
Broader | change posture |
Similar to | slump, fall off, sink; drop |
Meaning | Cause to sink. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | The men sink the boat |
Cause to | sink, settle, go down, go under |
Narrower | settle |
Broader | move, displace |
Similar to | sink, settle, go down, go under |
Meaning | Pass into a specified state or condition. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | pass, lapse |
Broader | move |
Meaning | Go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned". |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Model | They sink |
Synonyms | settle, go down, go under |
Caused by | sink |
Narrower | subside, settle; founder; submerge, submerse |
Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down |
Contrary | float, swim |
Similar to | sink |
See also | sink in |
Nouns | sinker; sinking |
Meaning | Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | subside |
Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down |
Meaning | Appear to move downward. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Synonyms | dip |
Narrower | subside |
Broader | decline |
Meaning | Fall heavily or suddenly. Decline markedly. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Synonyms | slump, fall off |
Broader | drop |
Similar to | sink, drop, drop down |
Meaning | Fall or sink heavily. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | slump, slide down |
Broader | collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder |
Meaning | Embed deeply. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
Synonyms | bury |
Narrower | set, countersink |
Broader | implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant |