[
UK
/sˈɪŋk/
]
[ US /ˈsɪŋk/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪŋk/ ]
NOUN
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- 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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(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide - plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
VERB
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fall or descend to a lower place or level
He sank to his knees -
descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
She subsided into the chair
He sank into bed -
pass into a specified state or condition
He sank into nirvana -
go under
The raft sank and its occupants drowned -
fall or sink heavily
My spirits sank
He slumped onto the couch -
embed deeply
He buried his head in her lap
She sank her fingers into the soft sand -
cause to sink
The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor -
fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
The real estate market fell off -
appear to move downward
The sun dipped below the horizon
The setting sun sank below the tree line
How To Use sink In A Sentence
- Assuming that 15 pound breaking strain line is used, an angler using monofilament might have to use a six or eight ounce sinker and use a 20 lb class rod to carry that sinker weight.
- Yea, we see in that wailing infant of a week, the outspringing of an immortal spirit which may soon hover on cherub-pinion around the throne of God, or perhaps, in a few years, sink to the regions of untold anguish. The Christian Home
- An iceberg smashes its way to the surface, all sharp angles and ragged edges, rearing over the barely visible remains of a crushed and sinking ship.
- Just as the exquisite sea-anemones and all the graceful ocean-flowers die out at some fathoms below the surface, the elegances and suavities of life die out one by one as we sink through the social scale. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859
- I wished I could sink into the water, the way the cephalopod was doing. THE BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD
- Winky luved tu drinking frum deh water fawsitt…. she liking hur wadder fresh…it wuz a sinky-drinky fur deh winky-binky. Like the new bowl. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
- They could rove at will among the stars, and sink like a subtle mist through the very interstices of space.
- Phase I called for dewatering and rehabilitating the No.6 shaft, sinking the shaft to the 45th level, cutting seven level stations, and diamond drilling the conglomerate bed.
- I swallowed my tears and washed my face in the small sink in the adjacent lavatory.
- She felt chained to the kitchen sink.