cesspool, cesspit, sink, sump
(noun) a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
sink
(noun) plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
sinkhole, sink, swallow hole
(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
sink
(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”
slump, fall off, sink
(verb) fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; “The real estate market fell off”
bury, sink
(verb) embed deeply; “She sank her fingers into the soft sand”; “He buried his head in her lap”
sink, subside
(verb) descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; “He sank into bed”; “She subsided into the chair”
sink, pass, lapse
(verb) pass into a specified state or condition; “He sank into nirvana”
sink, drop, drop down
(verb) fall or descend to a lower place or level; “He sank to his knees”
sink
(verb) cause to sink; “The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor”
slump, slide down, sink
(verb) fall or sink heavily; “He slumped onto the couch”; “My spirits sank”
sink, settle, go down, go under
(verb) go under; “The raft sank and its occupants drowned”
dip, sink
(verb) appear to move downward; “The sun dipped below the horizon”; “The setting sun sank below the tree line”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sink (third-person singular simple present sinks, present participle sinking, simple past sunk or sank, past participle sunken or sunk)
(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
(ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
(transitive) To cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.
(transitive) To push (something) into something.
(transitive) To make by digging or delving.
(transitive, snooker, pool, billiards, golf) To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
(heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
(intransitive, figuratively, of the human heart) To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
(transitive, figurative) To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
(intransitive) To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
(transitive, slang, archaic) To conceal and appropriate.
(transitive, slang, archaic) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
(transitive, slang) To pay absolutely.
(transitive, slang, archaic) To reduce or extinguish by payment.
(intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
(intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
• Use of sunk for the simple past instead of sank is not uncommon, but may be considered non-standard.
• (descend into a liquid, etc): descend, go down
• (submerge): dip, dunk, submerge
• (cause (ship, etc) to sink)
• (push (something) into)
sink (plural sinks)
A basin used for holding water for washing.
A drain for carrying off wastewater.
(geology) A sinkhole.
A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
A heat sink.
A place that absorbs resources or energy.
(baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
(computing, programming) An object or callback that captures events; event sink
(graph theory) a destination vertex in a transportation network
An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
A depression in a stereotype plate.
(theater) A stage trap-door for shifting scenery.
(mining) An excavation less than a shaft.
(game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation
Antonym: faucet
• (basin): basin, washbasin; see also washbasin for washing fixtures without water supply
• (destination vertex): source
• -kins, inks, k'ins, kins, skin
Sink (plural Sinks)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sink is the 6331st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5388 individuals. Sink is most common among White (96.08%) individuals.
• -kins, inks, k'ins, kins, skin
Source: Wiktionary
Sink, v. i. [imp. Sunk, or (Sank (); p. p. Sunk (obs. Sunken, -- now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinking.] Etym: [OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel. sökkva, Dan. synke, Sw. sjunka, Goth. siggan, and probably to E. silt. Cf. Silt.]
1. 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. I sink in deep mire. Ps. lxix. 2.
2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate. The stone sunk into his forehead. 1 San. xvii. 49.
3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely. Let these sayings sink down into your ears. Luke ix. 44.
4. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease. I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak. He sunk down in his chariot. 2 Kings ix. 24. Let not the fire sink or slacken. Mortimer.
5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. Addison.
Syn.
– To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay; decrease; lessen.
Sink, v. t.
1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship. [The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a single ship. Jowett (Thucyd.).
2. Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation. I raise of sink, imprison or set free. Prior. If I have a conscience, let it sink me. Shak. Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power Has sunk thy father more than all his years. Rowe.
3. To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.
4. To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste. You sunk the river repeated draughts. Addison.
5. To conseal and appropriate. [Slang] If sent with ready money to buy anything, and you happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on account. Swift.
6. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore. A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths. Robertson.
7. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.
Sink, n.
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. [U. S.] Sink hole. (a) The opening to a sink drain. (b) A cesspool. (c) Same as Sink, n., 3.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
