sink

Meanings

• plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
• (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
  • "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"
• a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
• a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
• fall or descend to a lower place or level
• cause to sink
• pass into a specified state or condition
• go under,
• descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
• appear to move downward
• fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
• fall or sink heavily
• embed deeply

Synonyms

bury, cesspit, cesspool, dip, drop, drop down, fall off, go down, go under, lapse, pass, settle, sinkhole, slide down, slump, subside, sump, swallow hole