[
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
- 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.
- The country is sinking/plunging into an abyss of violence and lawlessness.
- Topographic and geological maps are the next stop to identify likely areas based on physical features such as sinkholes, known outcrops of cave forming rocks, and known cave locations.