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Plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe |
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(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system The ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide |
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A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof |
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A covered cistern Waste water and sewage flow into it |
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Fall or descend to a lower place or level He sank to his knees |
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Cause to sink The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor |
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Pass into a specified state or condition He sank into nirvana |
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Go under, The raft sank and its occupants drowned |
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Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place He sank into bed She subsided into the chair |
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Appear to move downward The sun dipped below the horizon The setting sun sank below the tree line |
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Fall heavily or suddenly Decline markedly The real estate market fell off |
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Fall or sink heavily He slumped onto the couch My spirits sank |
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Embed deeply She sank her fingers into the soft sand He buried his head in her lap |
| noun | plumbing fixture
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| noun | natural process, natural action, action, activity |
| noun | sinkhole, swallow hole, natural depression, depression |
| noun | cesspool, cesspit, sump, cistern |
| verb | drop, drop down, change posture
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| verb | move, displace |
| verb | pass, lapse, move |
| verb | settle, go down, go under, descend, fall, go down, come down, sink in
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| verb | subside, descend, fall, go down, come down
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| verb | dip, decline |
| verb | slump, fall off, drop |
| verb | slump, slide down, collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder |
| verb | bury, implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant |