sink

1. 1

   To move or be moved into something.; To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.ergativephysical

   • A stone sinks in water. The sun gradually sank in the west.
2. 2

   To move or be moved into something.; To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.physicaltransitive

   • An iceberg sank the Titanic. British battleships sank the Bismarck.
3. 3

   To move or be moved into something.; To push (something) into something.physicaltransitive

   • The joint will hold tighter if you sink a wood screw through both boards. The dog sank its teeth into the delivery man's leg.
4. 4

   To move or be moved into something.; To make by digging or delving.physicaltransitive

   • to sink a well in the ground
5. 5

   To move or be moved into something.; To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.physicaltransitive

   • My sister beats me at pool in public a second time. I claim some dignity back by potting two of my balls before Tammy sinks the black.
6. 6

   To diminish or be diminished.; To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.figurativelyintransitive

   • But open converse is there none, ⁠So much the vital spirits sink ⁠To see the vacant chair, and think, ‘How good! how kind! and he is gone.’
   • Peter's heart sank. "Don't you think it is dreadful?" he asked.
7. 7

   To diminish or be diminished.; To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.figurativelytransitive

   • to sink one's reputation
8. 8

   To diminish or be diminished.; To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.intransitive

   • Who would sink so low as to steal change from veterans?
9. 9

   To conceal and appropriate.archaicslangtransitive

   • If you are sent with ready money to buy anything at a shop, and happen at that time to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on your master's account.
10. 10

    To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.archaicslangtransitive

    • I say not always dishonorable qualifications, but a certain flexibility of disposition; a certain courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths, and adapt ourselves to the prejudices of the minds of others […]

1. 1

   A basin used for holding water for washing.

   • Roy: The work was fiiine. There was nothing wrong with the work. But they caught him... He pissed in the sink. Jen: Oh. Oh! Roy: Yeah... Jen: Which sink? Roy: All the sinks. Yeah, he basically went on a pee parade around the house. Jen: Oh
2. 2

   A drain for carrying off wastewater.

3. 3

   A sinkhole.

4. 4

   A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.

5. 5

   A heat sink.

6. 6

   A place that absorbs resources or energy.

7. 7

   A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.

8. 8

   Descending motion; descent.uncountable

   • An excessive sink rate at touchdown can cause the aircraft's landing gear to collapse.
9. 9

   Descending motion; descent.; The motion of a sinker pitch.uncountable

   • Jones has a two-seamer with heavy sink.
10. 10

    An object or callback that captures events.

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