sink

sink
    n 1: plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a
         wall or floor and having a drainpipe
    2: (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy
       or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for carbon
       dioxide" [ant: {source}]
    3: a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean
       passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or
       by collapse of a cavern roof [syn: {sinkhole}, {sink},
       {swallow hole}]
    4: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn:
       {cesspool}, {cesspit}, {sink}, {sump}]
    v 1: fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his
         knees" [syn: {sink}, {drop}, {drop down}]
    2: cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl
       Harbor"
    3: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into
       nirvana" [syn: {sink}, {pass}, {lapse}]
    4: go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" [syn:
       {sink}, {settle}, {go down}, {go under}] [ant: {float},
       {swim}]
    5: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He
       sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" [syn: {sink},
       {subside}]
    6: appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon";
       "The setting sun sank below the tree line" [syn: {dip},
       {sink}]
    7: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate
       market fell off" [syn: {slump}, {fall off}, {sink}]
    8: fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My
       spirits sank" [syn: {slump}, {slide down}, {sink}]
    9: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He
       buried his head in her lap" [syn: {bury}, {sink}]
    

Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Sunk} (s[u^][ng]k), or
   ({Sank} (s[a^][ng]k)); p. p. {Sunk} (obs. {Sunken}, -- now
   used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sinking}.] [OE. sinken, AS.
   sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel.
   s["o]kkva, 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.
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            I sink in deep mire.                  --Ps. lxix. 2.
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   2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the
      surface; to penetrate.
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            The stone sunk into his forehead.     --1 San. xvii.
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   3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to
      enter completely.
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            Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke
                                                  ix. 44.
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   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.
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            I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak.
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            He sunk down in his chariot.          --2 Kings ix.
                                                  24.
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            Let not the fire sink or slacken.     --Mortimer.
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   5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become
      diminished in volume or in apparent height.
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            The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. --Addison.
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   Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay;
        decrease; lessen.
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Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. t.
   1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or
      submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
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            [The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a
            single ship.                          --Jowett
                                                  (Thucyd.).
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   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.
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            I raise of sink, imprison or set free. --Prior.
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            If I have a conscience, let it sink me. --Shak.
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            Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power
            Has sunk thy father more than all his years. --Rowe.
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   3. To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting,
      etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.
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   4. To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
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            You sunk the river repeated draughts. --Addison.
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   5. To conseal and appropriate. [Slang]
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            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.
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   6. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
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            A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths.
                                                  --Robertson.
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   7. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the
      national debt.
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Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), n.
   1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
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   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.
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   3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and
      are lost; -- called also {sink hole}. [U. S.]
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   4. The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence
      the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation;
      as, the sink of the Humboldt River. [Western U. S.]
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   {Sink hole}.
      (a) The opening to a sink drain.
      (b) A cesspool.
      (c) Same as {Sink}, n., 3.
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