Sink

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To go below the surface of water or another liquid.
  • intransitive verb. To descend to the bottom of a body of water or other liquid.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages.
  • intransitive verb. To subside or settle gradually.
  • intransitive verb. To appear to move downward, as the sun or moon in setting.
  • intransitive verb. To slope downward; incline.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To fall or lower oneself slowly, as from weakness or fatigue.
  • intransitive verb. To feel great disappointment or discouragement.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To pass into something; penetrate.
  • intransitive verb. To steep or soak.
  • intransitive verb. To pass into a specified condition.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To deteriorate in quality or condition.
  • intransitive verb. To diminish, as in value.
  • intransitive verb. To become weaker, quieter, or less forceful.
  • intransitive verb. To make an impression; become felt or understood.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to descend beneath the surface or to the bottom of a liquid.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To cause to penetrate deeply.
  • intransitive verb. To force into the ground.
  • intransitive verb. To dig or drill (a mine or well) in the earth.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to drop or lower.
  • intransitive verb. To propel (a ball or shot) into a hole, basket, or pocket.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to be engrossed.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To make weaker, quieter, or less forceful.
  • intransitive verb. To reduce in quantity or worth.
  • intransitive verb. To debase the nature of; degrade.
  • intransitive verb. To bring to a low or ruined state; defeat or destroy.
  • intransitive verb. To suppress or hide.
  • intransitive verb. To defeat, as in a game.
  • intransitive verb. To invest or spend, often without getting a return or adequate value.
  • intransitive verb. To pay off (a debt).
  • noun. A water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe and generally a piped supply of water.
  • noun. A cesspool.
  • noun. A sinkhole.
  • noun. A natural or artificial means of absorbing or removing a substance or a form of energy from a system.
  • noun. A place regarded as wicked and corrupt.
  • idiom. (sink (one's) teeth into) To undertake an endeavor energetically.
  • idiom. (sink or swim) To fail or succeed without alternative.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In mining: The amount by which the shaft-level is lowered by a blast in sinking operations.
  • noun. The distance inward, or depth, to which the excavation for a shaft or drift is to be carried.
  • noun. The lowest point in the shaft, toward which the drainage flows.
  • noun. In geometry, a place of transition from space of n into space n—1 dimensions.
  • noun. In electricity, in the theory of the flow of current in plane sheets, a point at which the current leaves the sheet.
  • noun. A receptacle and conduit for foul liquids; a kennel; a sewer; a drain; a privy.
  • Word Usage
    "I pause after “play,” letting the weight of the word sink in."
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chink  Fink  Inc  Inc.  bink  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bare  circular  dim  empty  gray  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Babylon  Gomorrah  KO  Sodom  abate  
    variant
    sank  sink hole  sunk  sunken  
    verb-form
    sank  sinking  sinks  sunk  sunken