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Noun
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
- (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
- the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide
- plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
Verb
- embed deeply
- She sank her fingers into the soft sand
- He buried his head in her lap
- fall or sink heavily
- He slumped onto the couch
- fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
- The real estate market fell off
- appear to move downward
- The sun dipped below the horizon
- The setting sun sank below the tree line
- descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
- She subsided into the chair
- go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
- pass into a specified state or condition
- cause to sink
- The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor
- fall or descend to a lower place or level