Defenition of the word sink

• Defenition of the word sink

  • To fall or drop to a lower place or level.
  • A bowl for washing hands, dishwashing or other purposes, often affixed to a wall.
  • To cause a boat to go down in the water.
  • A natural depression or hole in the surface topography caused by the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks.
  • To fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly.
  • To go under, as of a boat.
  • embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"
  • a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
  • sink; "The sun dipped below the horizon"
  • a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
  • descend into some soft substance; "He sank into bed"
  • cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbour"
  • fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees."
  • pass into a specified state or condition: "He sank into Nirvana"
  • go_under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
  • fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"
  • fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"
  • plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
  • a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
  • (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"
  • embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"
  • descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"
  • pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"
  • fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"
  • cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"
  • go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
  • appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
  • (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
  • fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
  • embed deeply
  • descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
  • pass into a specified state or condition
  • fall or descend to a lower place or level
  • cause to sink
  • fall or sink heavily
  • go under,
  • appear to move downward

Synonyms for the word sink

• • bury
  • cesspit
  • cesspool
  • dip
  • drop
  • drop down
  • fall off
  • go down
  • go under
  • lapse
  • pass
  • settle
  • slide down
  • slump
  • sump

Similar words in the sink

• • filter
  • percolate
  • permeate
  • sink in

Meronymys for the word sink

• • drain basket

Hyponyms for the word sink

• • basin
  • countersink
  • droop
  • drop open
  • fall open
  • flag
  • founder
  • heat sink
  • kitchen sink
  • lavatory
  • sag
  • sag down
  • set
  • settle
  • submerge
  • submerse
  • subside
  • swag
  • washbasin
  • washbowl
  • washstand

Hypernyms for the word sink

• • action
  • activity
  • break
  • cave in
  • change posture
  • cistern
  • collapse
  • come down
  • decline
  • depression
  • descend
  • displace
  • drop
  • embed
  • engraft
  • fall
  • fall in
  • founder
  • give
  • give way
  • go down
  • imbed
  • implant
  • move
  • natural action
  • natural depression
  • natural process
  • plant
  • plumbing fixture

Antonyms for the word sink

• • float
  • rise
  • source
  • straighten
  • swim

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