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Meaning
Verb
●
To
move
or be
moved
into something.
To
descend
or
submerge
(or to cause to do so) into a
liquid
or
similar
substance.
To (directly or
indirectly
) cause a
vessel
to
sink
,
generally
by
making it
no longer
watertight.
To
push
(something) into something.
To make by
digging
or delving.
●
In Billiards, Golf & Snooker:
To
move
or be
moved
into something.
To
pot
;
hit
a
ball
into a
pocket
or hole.
●
To
diminish
or be
diminish
ed.
To experience
apprehension
,
disappointment
,
dread
, or
momentary
depression.
To cause to
decline
; to
depress
or degrade.
To
demean
or lower
oneself
; to do something below
one's
status
,
standards
, or morals.
●
To
conceal
and appropriate.
●
To
keep out of
sight
; to
suppress
; to ignore.
●
To
drink
(especially something alcoholic).
●
To
pay
absolutely.
●
To reduce or
extinguish
by payment.
●
To be
overwhelmed
or
depressed
; to
fail
in strength.
●
To die.
●
To
decrease
in
volume
, as a
river
; to
subside
; to become
diminished
in
volume
or in
apparent
height.
Noun
●
A
basin
used for
holding water
for washing.
●
A
drain
for
carrying
off wastewater.
●
In Geology:
A sinkhole.
●
A
depression
in
land
where water
collects
, with no
visible
outlet.
●
A
heat
sink.
●
A place that
absorbs
resources or energy.
●
In Ecology:
A
habitat
that cannot support a
population
on its own but
receives
the
excess
of individuals from some other source.
●
Descending
motion
; descent.
●
In Baseball:
Descending
motion
; descent.
The
motion
of a
sinker
pitch.
●
In Computing & Programming:
An
object
or
callback
that
captures
event
s; an
event
sink.
●
In Graph theory:
A
destination
vertex
in a
transportation
network.
●
In Graph theory:
A
node
in
directed graph
for which
all of
its
edges
go into
it; one with no
outgoing
edges
.
●
An
abode
of
degraded
persons
; a
wretched
place.
●
A
depression
in a
stereotype
plate.
●
In Theater:
A
stage
trapdoor
for
shifting
scenery.
●
In Mining:
An
excavation
smaller
than a shaft.
●
One or several systems that
remove
currency
from the game's
economy
, thus
controlling
or
preventing
inflation.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
sink
English
sincan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Descend
Founder
Dip
Dunk
Submerge
Die
Basin
Washbasin
Abase
Lavatory
Decrease
Go Down
Antonyms
Source
Increase
Rise
Related
Drain
Faucet
Drop
Plunge
Tub
Bathtub
Melt
Slip
Seep
Shower
Kitchen
Bathroom
Bath
Swim
Fall
Wash
Dump
Evaporate
Stove
Collapse
Capsize
Toilet
Settle
Flow
Washer
Dissolve
Hose
Crash
Dishwasher
Countertop
Oven
Faucets
Disappear
Slide
Pipe
Cistern
Pour
Jump
Flush
Boil
Crumble
Funnel
Flood
Scuttle
Burn
Suffocate
Pull
Refrigerator
Drift
Move
Throw
Sump
Rise
Fridge
Toilet Bowl
Wash Basin
Washing Machine
Shower Head
Bath Tub
More
Rhymes
Ink
Dink
Pink
Dink
Sync
Zinc
Rink
Tink
Hink
Fink
Kink
Bink
Link
Mink
Wink
Inc.
Link
Sink
Skink
Plink
Blink
Drink
Chink
Stink
Twink
Brink
Clink
Think
Slink
Swink
Sprink
Shrink
Rethink
Wikilink
Cullen Skink
More
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