SINK

Definition of SINK

  1. (verb)fall or descend to a lower place or level
  2. (verb)cause to sink
  3. (verb)pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
  4. (verb)go under
  5. (verb)descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
  6. (verb)appear to move downward
  7. (verb)fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
  8. (verb)fall or sink heavily
  9. (verb)embed deeply
  10. (noun)plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
  11. (noun)(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
  12. (noun)a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
  13. (noun)a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it