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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sink has 4 senses

• sink(n = noun.artifact) - plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe;
has parts: drain basket
has particulars: kitchen sink, basin, lavatory, washbasin, washbowl, washstand
is a kind of plumbing fixture

• sink(n = noun.process) - (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"
has particulars: heat sink
is a kind of action, activity, natural action, natural process
Antonym: source

• sink(n = noun.object) sinkhole, swallow hole - a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof;
is a kind of depression, natural depression

• sink(n = noun.artifact) cesspit, cesspool, sump - a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it;
is a kind of cistern

Verb sink has 9 senses

• sink(v = verb.motion) drop, drop down - fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"
is one way to change posture
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• sink(v = verb.motion) - cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"
is one way to displace, move
Sample sentence:
The men sink the boat

• sink(v = verb.motion) lapse, pass - pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana"
is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

• sink(v = verb.motion) go down, go under, settle - go under,; "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
is one way to come down, descend, fall, go down
Antonym: float
Derived forms noun sinker₂, noun sinking₁
Sample sentence:
They sink

• sink(v = verb.motion) subside - descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"
is one way to come down, descend, fall, go down
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

• sink(v = verb.motion) dip - appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
is one way to decline
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

• sink(v = verb.change) fall off, slump - fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"
is one way to drop
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• sink(v = verb.motion) slide down, slump - fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"
is one way to break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

• sink(v = verb.contact) bury - embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"
is one way to embed, engraft, imbed, implant, plant
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP

CIDE DICTIONARY

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

sink

Babylon, Gomorrah, KO, Sodom, abate, ablate, advance, age, alveolation, alveolus, antrum, aquamanile, armpit, ascend, automatic dishwasher, back, back up, ball up, bankrupt, baptize, basin, bate, bath, bathtub, be clobbered, be consumed, be eaten away, be felled, be gone, be lost, be poleaxed, be staggered, be stricken, bear down, beat down, become suicidal, bend, bidet, blow, bog, bollix, bollix up, bore, bowl, break, break down, bring low, brothel, budge, bugger, bugger up, burn out, burrow, bury, bust, buy in, buy into, capsize, cast down, cave, cave in, cavity, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, cesspit, cesspool, change, change place, cheat the undertaker, circle, climb, cloaca, cloaca maxima, collapse, come apart, come down, come to grief, come unstuck, concave, concavity, conk out, consume, consume away, cook, corrode, couch, countersink, crack up, crater, crumble, crypt, cup, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, debase, decline, decrease, deepen, defeat, degenerate, deject, deliquesce, deluge, delve, dematerialize, demit, den, den of iniquity, depart, depress, depression, descend, despair, despond, deteriorate, detrude, die, die away, die out, dig, dig out, dike, diminish, dip, disappear, discourage, dish, dishearten, dishpan, dishwasher, disimprove, disintegrate, dispel, disperse, dispirit, dissipate, dissolve, dive, do a fade-out, do for, do in, dodder, douse, downbear, drain, dredge, drift away, drill, drive, droop, drop, drop off, drown, duck, dump, dunk, dwindle, ebb, engulf, erode, evanesce, evaporate, ewer, excavate, exit, expire, fade, fade away, fade out, fail, faint, fall, fall away, fall in, fall off, fatigue, financier, finger bowl, fix, fizzle out, flag, flee, fleet, fleshpots, flit, flop, flop down, flow, flump, flump down, fly, fold, follicle, font, foul up, founder, funnel chest, furrow, garbage dump, gasp, get, get along, get on, get over, get through to, get tired, give out, give way, go, go around, go away, go down, go downhill, go off, go round, go sideways, go soft, go to pieces, go to pot, go under, gouge, gouge out, groove, grow old, grow weary, grub, gum up, gutter, gyrate, hash up, haul down, have a comedown, have a mishap, head, headchute, hellhole, hide, hit a slump, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, hole, hollow, hollow shell, immerge, immerse, impoverish, incline, indent, inundate, invest, invest in, jade, joint, keel, keel over, kennel, kitchen sink, knock down, knock out, lacuna, languish, lapse, lavabo, lavatory, lay out money, lead, lean, leave no trace, leave the scene, lessen, let, let down, let up, lose heart, lose strength, louse up, lower, lower oneself, lower the spirits, make an investment, marsh, melt, melt away, melt like snow, merge, mess up, mine, mire, mount, move, move away, move off, move over, muck up, oppress, overset, overturn, overwhelm, pandemonium, pant, pass, pass away, pass out, peak, peg out, penetrate, perish, peter out, pine, piscina, pit, pitchpole, place, play hell with, play hob with, play out, plop, plop down, plow back into, plumb the depths, plummet, plump, plunge, plunge in water, pocket, point, poop out, precipitate, press down, progress, puff, puff and blow, pull away, pull down, punch bowl, push down, put, put down, quagmire, quarry, queer, reach the depths, recede, reduce, register, regress, reinvest, retire, retire from sight, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, retrogress, rise, risk, rot, rotate, ruin, run, run aground, run down, run low, run out, sadden, sag, sap, scoop, scoop out, scrabble, scrape, scratch, screw up, scupper, scuttle, septic tank, set, settle, settle down, sewer, shake, shell, shift, shipwreck, shoot down, shovel, shower, shower bath, shower curtain, shower head, shower room, shower stall, showers, shrink, shrivel, sink away, sink down, sink in, sink like lead, sink money in, sink of corruption, sinkage, sinkhole, sinus, slide, slip, slip away, slouch, sluice, slump, slump down, snafu, snarl up, soar, socket, somersault, sough, souse, spade, speculate, spin, stand off, stir, stoop, stoup, stream, sty, submerge, submerse, subside, succumb, suffer a misfortune, suffer an eclipse, sump, swag, swamp, tail off, take down, tend, tend to go, thrust down, tip over, tire, torpedo, totter, touch bottom, travel, trench, trough, tub, tunnel, turn gray, turn over, turn turtle, turn white, undo, upset, upset the boat, vanish, vanish from sight, venture, vug, wane, wash barrel, wash boiler, washbasin, washbowl, washdish, washer, washing machine, washing pot, washpot, washstand, washtub, waste, waste away, weaken, wear, wear away, wear thin, weary, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon, wheeze, whelm, whirl, widen the distance, wilt, withdraw, wither, wither away, wizen, worsen, wreck, wrinkle, yield

ROGET THESAURUS

sink

Uncleanness

N uncleanness, impurity, immundity, immundicity, impurity, defilement, contamination, defoedation, soilure, soiliness, abomination, leaven, taint, tainture, fetor, decay, putrescence, putrefaction, corruption, mold, must, mildew, dry rot, mucor, rubigo, slovenry, slovenliness, squalor, dowdy, drab, slut, malkin, slattern, sloven, slammerkin, slammock, slummock, scrub, draggle-tail, mudlark, dust-man, sweep, beast, dirt, filth, soil, slop, dust, cobweb, flue, smoke, soot, smudge, smut, grit, grime, raff, sossle, sozzle, sordes, dregs, grounds, lees, argol, sediment, settlement heeltap, dross, drossiness, mother, precipitate, scoriae, ashes, cinders, recrement, slag, scum, froth, hogwash, ditchwater, dishwater, bilgewater, rinsings, cheeseparings, sweepings, offscourings, outscourings, off scum, caput mortuum, residuum, sprue, fecula, clinker, draff, scurf, scurfiness, exuviae, morphea, fur, furfur, dandruff, tartar, riffraff, vermin, louse, flea, bug, chinch, mud, mire, quagmire, alluvium, silt, sludge, slime, slush, slosh, sposh, spawn, offal, gurry, lientery, garbage, carrion, excreta, slough, peccant humor, pus, matter, suppuration, lienteria, faeces, feces, excrement, ordure, dung, crap, shit, sewage, sewerage, muck, coprolite, guano, manure, compost, dunghill, colluvies, mixen, midden, bog, laystall, sink, privy, jakes, toilet, john, head, cess, cesspool, sump, sough, cloaca, latrines, drain, sewer, common sewer, Cloacina, dust hole, sty, pigsty, lair, den, Augean stable, sink of corruption, slum, rookery, dirty, filthy, grimy, unclean, impure, soiled, not to be handled with kid gloves, dusty, snuffy, smutty, sooty, smoky, thick, turbid, dreggy, slimy, mussy, slovenly, untidy, messy, uncleanly, unkempt, sluttish, dowdy, draggle-tailed, uncombed, unscoured, unswept, unwiped, unwashed, unstrained, unpurified, squalid, lutose, slammocky, slummocky, sozzly, nasty, coarse, foul, offensive, abominable, beastly, reeky, reechy, fetid, decayed, moldy, musty, mildewed, rusty, moth-eaten, mucid, rancid, weak, bad, gone bad, etercoral, lentiginous, touched, fusty, effete, reasty, rotten, corrupt, tainted, high, flyblown, maggoty, putrid, putrefactive, putrescent, putrefied, saprogenic, saprogenous, purulent, carious, peccant, fecal, feculent, stercoraceous, excrementitious, scurfy, scurvy, impetiginous, gory, bloody, rotting, rotten as a pear, rotten as cheese, crapulous, gross, fimetarious, fimicolous, they that touch pitch will be defiled.

Fatigue

VB be fatigued, yawn, droop, sink, flag, lose breath, lose wind, gasp, pant, puff, blow, drop, swoon, faint, succumb, fatigue, tire, weary, irk, flag, jade, harass, exhaust, knock up, wear out, prostrate, tax, task, strain, overtask, overwork, overburden, overtax, overstrain.

Success

VB succeed, be successful, gain one's end, gain one's ends, crown with success, gain a point, attain a point, carry a point, secure a point, win a point, win an object, get there, manage to, contrive to, accomplish, do wonders, work wonders, make a go of it, come off well, come off successful, come off with flying colors, make short work of, take by storm, carry by storm, bear away the bell, win one's wings, win one's spurs, win the battle, win the day, carry the day, gain the day, gain the prize, gain the palm, have the best of it, have it all one's own way, have the game in one's owns hands, have the ball at one's feet, have one on the hop, walk over the course, carry all before one, remain in possession of the field, score a success, speed, make progress, win one's way, make one's way, work one's way, find one's way, strive to some purpose, prosper, drive a roaring trade, make profit, reap the fruits, gather the fruits, reap the benefit of, reap the harvest, strike oil, gain a windfall, make one's fortune, get in the harvest, turn to good account, turn to account, triumph, be triumphant, gain a victory, obtain a victory, gain an advantage, chain victory to one's car, nail a coonskin to the wall, surmount a difficulty, overcome a difficulty, get over a difficulty, get over an obstacle, se tirer d'affaire, make head against, stem the torrent, stem the tide, stem the current, weather the storm, weather a point, turn a corner, keep one's head above water, tide over, master, get the better of, have the better of, gain the better of, gain the best of, gain the upper hand, gain the ascendancy, gain the whip hand, gain the start of, distance, surpass, defeat, conquer, vanquish, discomfit, euchre, overcome, overthrow, overpower, overmaster, overmatch, overset, override, overreach, outwit, outdo, outflank, outmaneuver, outgeneral, outvote, take the wind out of one's adversary's sails, beat, beat hollow, rout, lick, drub, floor, worst, put down, put to flight, put to the rout, put hors de combat, put out of court, silence, quell, nonsuit, checkmate, upset, confound, nonplus, stalemate, trump, baffle, circumvent, elude, trip up, trip up the heels of, drive into a corner, drive to the wall, run hard, put one's nose out of joint, settle, do for, break the neck of, break the back of, capsize, sink, shipwreck, drown, swamp, subdue, subjugate, reduce, make the enemy bite the dust, victimize, roll in the dust, trample under foot, put an extinguisher upon, answer, answer the purpose, avail, prevail, take effect, do, turn out well, work well, take, tell, bear fruit, hit it, hit the mark, hit the right nail on the head, nick it, turn up trumps, make a hit, find one's account in.

Failure

VB fail, be unsuccessful, not succeed, make vain efforts, do in vain, labor in vain, toil in vain, flunk, lose one's labor, take nothing by one's motion, bring to naught, make nothing of, wash a blackamoor white, roll the stones of Sisyphus, do by halves, lose ground, fall short of, miss, miss one's aim, miss the mark, miss one's footing, miss stays, slip, trip, stumble, make a slip, blunder, make a mess of, make a botch of, bitch it, miscarry, abort, go up like a rocket and come down like the stick, come down in flames, get shot down, reckon without one's host, get the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong sow by the ear, limp, halt, hobble, titubate, fall, tumble, lose one's balance, fall to the ground, fall between two stools, flounder, falter, stick in the mud, run aground, split upon a rock, beat one's head against a stone wall, run one's head against a stone wall, knock one's head against a stone wall, dash one's head against a stone wall, break one's back, break down, sink, drown, founder, have the ground cut from under one, get into trouble, get into a mess, get into a scrape, come to grief, go to the wall, go to the dogs, go to pot, lick the dust, bite the dust, be defeated, have the worst of it, lose the day, come off second best, lose, fall a prey to, succumb, not have a leg to stand on, come to nothing, end in smoke, flat out, fall to the ground, fall through, fall dead, fall stillborn, fall flat, slip through one's fingers, hang fire, miss fire, flash in the pan, collapse, topple down, go to wrack and ruin, go amiss, go wrong, go cross, go hard with, go on a wrong tack, go on ill, come off ill, turn out ill, work ill, take a wrong term, take an ugly term, take an ugly turn, take a turn for the worse, be all over with, be all up with, explode, dash one's hopes, defeat the purpose, sow the wind and reap the whirlwind, jump out of the frying pan into the fire, go from the frying pan into the fire.

Adversity

VB be ill off, go hard with, fall on evil, fall on evil days, go on ill, not prosper, go downhill, go to rack and ruin, go to the dogs, fall, fall from one's high estate, decay, sink, decline, go down in the world, have seen better days, bring down one's gray hairs with sorrow to the gra, come to grief, be all over, be up with, bring a wasp's nest about one's ears, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.

Destruction

VB be destroyed, perish, fall to the ground, tumble, topple, go to pieces, fall to pieces, break up, crumble to dust, go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin, go by the board, go all to smash, be all over, be all up, be all with, totter to its fall, destroy, do away with, make away with, nullify, annual, sacrifice, demolish, tear up, overturn, overthrow, overwhelm, upset, subvert, put an end to, seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo, break up, cut up, break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down, suppress, quash, put down, do a job on, cut short, take off, blot out, dispel, dissipate, dissolve, consume, smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver, batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, laniate, nip, tear to rags, tear to tatters, crush to atoms, knock to atoms, ruin, strike out, throw over, knock down over, fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge, lay in ashes, lay in ruins, sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze, level with the dust, level with the ground, waste, atomize, vaporize, deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut, disorganize, dismantle, devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound, exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate, snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out, lay in the dust, trample in the dust, prostrate, tread under foot, crush under foot, trample under foot, lay the ax to the root of, make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of, cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons, fling to the winds, scatter to the winds, throw overboard, strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword, cast to the dogs, eradicate.

Pain

VB feel pain, suffer pain, experience pain, undergo pain, bear pain, endure pain, smart, ache, suffer, bleed, ail, be the victim of, labor under afflictions, bear the cross, quaff the bitter cup, have a bad time of it, fall on evil days, go hard with, come to grief, fall a sacrifice to, drain the cup of misery to the dregs, sup full of horrors, sit on thorns, be on pins and needles, wince, fret, chafe, worry oneself, be in a taking, fret and fume, take on, take to heart, cark, grieve, mourn, yearn, repine, pine, droop, languish, sink, give way, despair, break one's heart, weigh upon the heart.

Dejection

VB be dejected, grieve, mourn, take on, give way, lose heart, despond, droop, sink, lower, look downcast, frown, pout, hang down the head, pull a long face, make a long face, laugh on the wrong side of the mouth, grin a ghastly smile, look blue, look like a drowned man, lay to heart, take to heart, mope, brood over, fret, sulk, pine, pine away, yearn, repine, despair, refrain from laughter, keep one's countenance, be grave, look grave, repress a smile, depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, damp, dull, deject, lower, sink, dash, knock down, unman, prostrate, break one's heart, frown upon, cast a gloom, cast a shade on, sadden, damp one's hopes, dash one's hopes, wither one's hopes, weigh on the mind, lie heavy on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, lie heavy on the spirits, prey on the spirits, damp the spirits, depress the spirits, be dejected, grieve, mourn, take on, give way, lose heart, despond, droop, sink, lower, look downcast, frown, pout, hang down the head, pull a long face, make a long face, laugh on the wrong side of the mouth, grin a ghastly smile, look blue, look like a drowned man, lay to heart, take to heart, mope, brood over, fret, sulk, pine, pine away, yearn, repine, despair, refrain from laughter, keep one's countenance, be grave, look grave, repress a smile, depress, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, damp, dull, deject, lower, sink, dash, knock down, unman, prostrate, break one's heart, frown upon, cast a gloom, cast a shade on, sadden, damp one's hopes, dash one's hopes, wither one's hopes, weigh on the mind, lie heavy on the mind, prey on the mind, weigh on the spirits, lie heavy on the spirits, prey on the spirits, damp the spirits, depress the spirits.

Descent

VB descend, go down, drop down, come down, fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle, plunge, plummet, crash, decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg, slump, dismount, alight, light, get down, swoop, stoop, fall prostrate, precipitate oneself, let fall, tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down, tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.

Depression

VB depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg, cast, let drop, let fall, sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate, overthrow, overturn, overset, upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell, cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down, raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground, trample in the dust, pull about one's ears, sit, sit down, couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow, courtesy, curtsy, bob, duck, dip, kneel, bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head, cower, recline.

Plunge

VB plunge, dip, souse, duck, dive, plump, take a plunge, take a header, make a plunge, bathe, submerge, submerse, immerse, douse, sink, engulf, send to the bottom, get out of one's depth, go to the bottom, go down like a stone, drop like a lead balloon, founder, welter, wallow.

Neglect

VB be negligent, take no care of &c (take care of), neglect, let slip, let go, lay aside, set aside, cst aside, put aside, keep out of sight, put out of sight, lose sight of, overlook, disregard, pass over, pas by, let pass, blink, wink at, connive at, gloss over, take no note of, take no thought of, take no account of, take no notice of, pay no regard to, laisser aller, scamp, trifle, fribble, do by halves, cut, slight, play with, trifle with, slur, skim, skim the surface, effleurer, take a cursory view of, slur over, skip over, jump over, slip over, pretermit, miss, skip, jump, omit, give the go-by to, push aside, pigeonhole, shelve, sink, table, ignore, shut one's eyes to, refuse to hear, turn a deaf ear to, leave out of one's calculation, not attend to, not mind, not trouble oneself about, not trouble one's head about, not trouble oneself with, forget, be caught napping, leave a loose thread, let the grass grow under one's feet, render neglectful, put off one's guard, throw off one's guard, distract, divert.

Concealment

VB conceal, hide, secrete, put out of sight, lock up, seal up, bottle up, encrypt, encode, cipher, cover, screen, cloak, veil, shroud, cover up one's tracks, screen from sight, screen from observation, drawing the veil, draw the curtain, close the curtain, curtain, shade, eclipse, throw a view over, be cloud, be mask, mask, disguise, ensconce, muffle, smother, befog, whisper, keep from, keep back, keep to oneself, keep snug, keep close, keep secret, keep dark, bury, sink, suppress, keep from, keep from out of view, keep from out of sight, keep in the shade, throw into the shade, throw into background, stifle, hush up, smother, withhold, reserve, fence with a question, ignore, keep a secret, keep one's own counsel, hold one's tongue, make no sign, not let it go further, not breathe a word, not breathe a syllable about, not let the right hand know what the left is doing, hide one's light under a bushel, bury one's talent in a napkin, keep in the dark, leave in the dark, keep in the ignorance, blind, blind the eyes, blindfold, hoodwink, mystify, puzzle, bamboozle, be concealed, suffer an eclipse, retire from sight, couch, hide oneself, lie hid, lie in perdu, lie in close, lie in ambush (ambush), seclude oneself, lurk, sneak, skulk, slink, prowl, steal into, steal out of, steal by, steal along, play at bopeep, play at hide and seek, hide in holes and corners, still hunt.

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