sink
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (9)sank, sunk, sunken, sinks, sinking
- fall or descend to a lower place or level“He sank to his knees”Synonyms: dropdrop downMore general change postureMore specific sag, drop openSimilar slump, drop
- cause to sink“The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor”More general move, displaceMore specific settleCauses settle, go downSimilar settle, go down
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into“He sank into nirvana”Synonyms: passlapseMore general move
- go under“The raft sank and its occupants drowned”Synonyms: settlego downgo underMore general descend, fallMore specific submerge, founder, subside
- descend into or as if into some soft substance or place“He sank into bed”“She subsided into the chair”Synonyms: subsideMore general descend, fall
- appear to move downward“The sun dipped below the horizon”“The setting sun sank below the tree line”Synonyms: dipMore general declineMore specific subside
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly“The real estate market fell off”Synonyms: slumpfall off
- fall or sink heavily“He slumped onto the couch”“My spirits sank”Synonyms: slumpslide down
- embed deeply“She sank her fingers into the soft sand”“He buried his head in her lap”Synonyms: bury
Noun (4)sinks
- plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipeType of plumbing fixtureKinds kitchen sink, washbasinParts drain basket
- (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system“the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide”Opposite sourceType of natural process, natural actionKinds heat sink
- a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roofSynonyms: sinkholeswallow holeType of natural depression, depression
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into itSynonyms: cesspoolcesspitsumpType of cistern
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Translations
Noun basin with taps, washbasin
- Spanish
- lavamanos
- French
- évier
- German
- Spülbecken
- Italian
- lavandino
- Portuguese
- pia
- Turkish
- lavabo
- Russian
- ра́ковина rákovina
- Arabic
- مَغْسَلَة maḡsala
- Chinese
- 水槽 shuǐcáo
- Japanese
- シンク shinku
31 more languages
- Dutch
- gootsteen
- Polish
- zlew
- Swedish
- vask
- Greek
- νεροχύτης nerochýtis
- Korean
- 싱크대 singkeudae
- Indonesian
- wastafel
- Vietnamese
- bồn rửa
- Hungarian
- mosogató
- Portuguese (PT)
- pia
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 洗手台 xǐshǒutái
- Albanian
- lavaman
- Catalan
- aigüera
- Czech
- dřez
- Danish
- vask
- Esperanto
- lavujo
- Estonian
- valamu
- Finnish
- pesuallas
- Georgian
- პირსაბანი ṗirsabani
- Hebrew
- כִּיּוֹר kiyór
- Icelandic
- vaskur
- Latvian
- izlietne
- Lithuanian
- kriauklė
- Norwegian
- vask
- Romanian
- chiuvetă
- Scottish Gaelic
- sinc
- Serbo-Croatian
- umivaonik
- Slovak
- drez
- Slovenian
- umivalnik
- Swahili
- sinki
- Welsh
- sinc
- Yiddish
- וואַשבעקן vashbekn
Verb descend into liquid, etc
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel. sökkva, 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.
I sink in deep mire.— Ps. lxix. 2.
2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
The stone sunk into his forehead.— 1 San. xvii. 49.
3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.
Let these sayings sink down into your ears.— Luke ix. 44.
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.
I think our country sinks beneath the yoke.— William Shakespeare
He sunk down in his chariot.— 2 Kings ix. 24.
Let not the fire sink or slacken.— John Mortimer
5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him.— Joseph Addison
Synonyms: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay; decrease; lessen.
1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
[The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a single ship.— Jowett (Thucyd.).
2. Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowning; as, to sink one's reputation.
I raise of sink, imprison or set free.— Matthew Prior
If I have a conscience, let it sink me.— William Shakespeare
Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power Has sunk thy father more than all his years.— Nicholas Rowe
3. To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.
4. To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
You sunk the river repeated draughts.— Joseph Addison
5. To conceal and appropriate. slang
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.— Jonathan Swift
6. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths.— William Robertson
7. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.
1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
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.
3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; — called also sink hole. US
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.
Sink hole. (a) The opening to a sink drain. (b) A cesspool. (c) Same as Sink, noun, 3.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement