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sink

noun
  1. a covered cistern
    cesspool
  2. plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
  3. a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
    sinkholeswallow hole
  4. (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
  1. fall heavily or suddenly
    slumpfall off
  2. embed deeply
    bury
  3. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
    subside
  4. pass into a specified state or condition
    lapse
  5. fall or descend to a lower place or level
    drop
  6. cause to sink
  7. fall or sink heavily
    slumpslide down
  8. go under, 'The raft sank and its occupants drowned'
    settlego downgo under
  9. appear to move downward
    dip