sink

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sink
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Meanings
verb
  • go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged.
    E.g. he saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves
  • descend from a higher to a lower position; drop downwards.
    E.g. you can relax on the veranda as the sun sinks low
  • gradually decrease or decline in value, amount, quality, or intensity.
    E.g. their output sank to a third of the pre-war figure
  • insert beneath a surface.
    E.g. rails fixed in place with screws sunk below the surface of the wood
  • rapidly consume (an alcoholic drink).
    E.g. they must have sunk a bit of booze yesterday
noun
  • a fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe.
    E.g. I stood at the kitchen sink
  • a pool or marsh in which a river's water disappears by evaporation or percolation.
  • short for sinkhole.
  • a place of vice or corruption.
    E.g. a sink of unnatural vice, pride, and luxury

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