sink
noun
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a covered cisterncesspool
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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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a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roofsinkholeswallow hole
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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”
verb
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fall heavily or suddenlyslumpfall off
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embed deeplybury
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descend into or as if into some soft substance or placesubside
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pass into a specified state or conditionlapse
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fall or descend to a lower place or leveldrop
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cause to sink
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fall or sink heavilyslumpslide down
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go under, 'The raft sank and its occupants drowned'settlego downgo under
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appear to move downwarddip