Sink
[sɪŋk]
Definition
(noun.) plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe.
(noun.) (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system; 'the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide'.
(verb.) descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; 'He sank into bed'; 'She subsided into the chair'.
(verb.) pass into a specified state or condition; 'He sank into nirvana'.
(verb.) fall or descend to a lower place or level; 'He sank to his knees'.
(verb.) cause to sink; 'The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor'.
(verb.) go under, 'The raft sank and its occupants drowned'.
Inputed by Artie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
(v. i.) Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
(v. t.) To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
(v. t.) Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation.
(v. t.) To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.
(v. t.) To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
(v. t.) To conseal and appropriate.
(v. t.) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
(v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.
(n.) A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole.
Typed by Juan
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Fall (gradually), subside, descend, go down, go to the bottom.[2]. Penetrate, enter.[3]. Be depressed, be overwhelmed.[4]. Decline, decrease, decay, droop, dwindle, lose strength, give way.
v. a. [1]. Merge, submerge, submerse, immerse, ingulf, plunge, dip.[2]. Dig, excavate, scoop out.[3]. Depress, degrade, lower, abase, debase, diminish, lessen, bring down, let down.[4]. Ruin, destroy, waste, overthrow, overwhelm, swamp.[5]. Suppress, conceal, keep close.[6]. Reduce.
n. Drain, sewer.
Typist: Sonia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fall, descend, drop, subside, penetrate, soak, droop, decline, weary, flag,decay, decrease, diminish, abate, lower, immerse, submerge, depress, degrade,drown, reduce, attenuate, suppress
ANT:Rise, ascend, soar, swell, Increase, flourish, revive, float, heighten,promote, exalt, enhance, rescue, foster, encourage, perpetuate, promulgate,divulge
Typist: Phil
Definition
v.i. to fall to the bottom: to fall down: to descend lower: to fall gradually: to fall below the surface: to enter deeply: to be impressed: to be overwhelmed: to fail in strength.—v.t. to cause to sink: to put under water: to keep out of sight: to suppress: to degrade: to cause to decline or fall: to plunge into destruction: to make by digging or delving: to pay absolutely: to lower in value or amount: to lessen:—pa.t. sank sunk; pa.p. sunk sunk′en.—n. a drain to carry off dirty water: a box or vessel connected with a drain for receiving dirty water: an abode of degraded persons: a general receptacle: an area in which a river sinks and disappears: a depression in a stereotype plate: a stage trap-door for shifting scenery: in mining an excavation less than a shaft.—ns. Sink′er anything which causes a sinking esp. a weight fixed to a fishing-line; Sink′-hole a hole for dirty water to run through; Sink′ing a subsidence: a depression.—adj. causing to sink.—n. Sink′ing-fund a fund formed by setting aside income every year to accumulate at interest for the purpose of paying off debt.—adj. Sink′ing-ripe (Shak.) dead-ripe about to fall off.—n. Sink′room a scullery.
Inputed by Lilly
Examples
- I shan't leave my money to be poured down the sink, and I shan't leave it to foundlings from Africay. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- They have a vogue for a time, and then sink into oblivion. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- He could not see a man sink close to him for want of help. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And upon this I decided in my own mind to sink or swim with it. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- These things sink into my heart, Tom, said Eva,--they sink into my heart, she repeated, earnestly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In May, 1915, they sank the great passenger liner, the _Lusitania_, without any warning, drowning a number of American citizens. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Sometimes their feet failed them, and they sank together in a heap; they were then propped up with the monitors' high stools. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Percy Phelps sank back in his chair. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I questioned, as I sank tired on the edge of the bed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Soon after, Mrs. Reed grew more composed, and sank into a dozing state. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- You see, it had been sunk there by the man as wore it, and I got it up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Robert Jordan sunk his elbows into the ground and looked along the barrel at the four riders stopped there in the snow. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I'd ha' liked to plump down aboard of him, neck and crop, with a heavy jump, and sunk him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Now, as he reviewed his past, he saw into what a deep rut he had sunk. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He sunk into a chair, and moved but once all that night. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Instead, he walked toward the bench, and, sinking down upon it, remained lost in deep thought for hours. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- While Alexander was overrunning Western Asia, China, under the last priest-emperors of the Chow Dynasty, was sinking into a state of great disorder. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And with this, feeling that he could say no more, Dobbin went away, Osborne sinking back in his chair, and looking wildly after him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He felt himself dissolving and sinking to rest in the bath of her living strength. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They then sat down, and when her inquiries after Rosings were made, seemed in danger of sinking into total silence. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- My heart turns faint, my mind sinks in darkness and confusion when I think of it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The object glitters and sinks. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Intensely astonished, Twemlow puts his hand to his forehead, and sinks back in his chair meditating. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- If now the air pressure in the tube is restored, the water in the tube sinks again to the level of that in the cistern. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When, however, rain falls on a wooded slope, the action is reversed; a small portion runs off, while the greater portion sinks into the soft earth. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- With sunken cheek and hollow eyes, pale and gaunt, how could I recognize the beloved of Perdita? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- So sunken and suppressed it was, that it was like a voice underground. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Dejah Thoris and I with the other members of the royal family had collected in a sunken garden within an inner courtyard of the palace. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- So, though we had escaped a sunken rock, which we scraped upon in the passage, I thought this escape of rather more importance to me. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Certainly,' said Mr. Snodgrass: for the sunken eye of the dismal man rested on him, and he felt it necessary to say something. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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