Definition as Noun

• plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
• (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
• 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

Definition as Verb

• cause to sink
• embed deeply
• appear to move downward
• fall or descend to a lower place or level
• pass into a specified state or condition
• go under
• fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
• fall or sink heavily
• descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

• cesspool, cesspit, sump

• sinkhole, swallow hole

• bury

• dip

• drop, drop down

• pass, lapse

• settle, go down, go under

• slump, fall off

• slump, slide down

• subside

• "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"

• "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"

• "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"

• "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"

• "He sank to his knees"

• "He sank into nirvana"

• "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

• "The real estate market fell off"

• "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"

• "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"

• Sink vs cesspool
• Sink vs cesspit
• Sink vs sump
• Sink vs sinkhole
• Sink vs swallow hole
• Sink vs bury
• Sink vs dip
• Sink vs drop
• Sink vs drop down
• Sink vs pass
• Sink vs lapse
• Sink vs settle
• Sink vs go down
• Sink vs go under
• Sink vs slump
• Sink vs fall off
• Sink vs slide down
• Sink vs subside