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Sink

noun
/sɪŋk/
Word Frequency: 8.6

Definitions

1.nounA basin used for holding water for washing.
2.nounA drain for carrying off wastewater.
3.nounA sinkhole.
4.nounA depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
5.nounA heat sink.
6.nounA place that absorbs resources or energy.
7.nounThe motion of a sinker pitch.
"Jones has a two-seamer with heavy sink."
8.nounAn object or callback that captures events; event sink
9.nounA destination vertex in a transportation network
10.nounAn abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
11.nounA depression in a stereotype plate.
12.nounA stage trap-door for shifting scenery.
13.nounAn excavation less than a shaft.
14.noun(game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation
15.verb(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
16.verb(heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
17.verbTo conceal and appropriate.
18.verbTo keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
19.verbTo pay absolutely.
"I have sunk thousands of pounds into this project."
20.verbTo reduce or extinguish by payment.
"to sink the national debt"
21.verbTo be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
22.verbTo decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

Synonyms

basinwashbasindescendgo downdipdunksubmergego undercesspitcesspoolsumpbury

Antonyms

sourcefaucet

Rhymes With

linkshrinkblinkthinkpinkclinkhoodwinkbrink
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