sink

sink: v

1. fall, drop, descend, go down; hang heavily, swag; subside, recede, retrocede, ebb; fall back, lapse, relapse; slope, dip, slant, lean, list, cant, tilt, incline.

2. settle, precipitate, gravitate, hit bottom; become submerged, capsize, drown, founder; plunge, immerse, engulf, souse, douse, inundate, submerge, submerse, vail, drown; Naut. scuttle.

3. collapse, fall in, cave in, become sunken or concave; slump, fall down, slip; feint, swoon; despond, despair.

4. decline, fail, weaken, languish; droop, sag, flag, wither, wilt; deteriorate, worsen, regress, retrogress, backslide, revert; degenerate, go downhill, All Sl. go to seed, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids.

5. reduce, lower, depress; devaluate, depreciate, degrade, debase, abase; decrease, diminish, lessen, drop off, swindle, wane.

6. abate, moderate, alleviate; soften, tone down, temper, modulate, quiet, turn down.

7. put down, bury, mire, plant, lay, drive; hollow out, dig, bore, drill, excavate.

8. destroy, ruin, cause the downfall of, be the ruin of; devastate, demolish, vanquish, overcome; Sl. put the skids under, seal the doom of; pauperize, bankrupt, impoverish, Sl. break.

9.(usu. in reference to a sum of money) invest, risk, venture, put down, put out; lose, Sl. blow, be out, be set back; go bankrupt, go under, go broke.

10.Usu. sink in or into enter, pierce, penetrate, reach, permeate; become known or understood, become engrossed or absorbed.

11. suppress, conceal, hide, mask, disguise; ignore, slight, refuse to notice, take no note or heed of; omit, drop, dismiss, cast aside, Inf. give a miss, Inf. give a go-by, turn one's back on, not bother with.

n

12. basin, washbasin, washbowl, commode, Eccles. piscina; water receptacle, tub, washtub.

13. swamp, marsh, Brit. fen, bog; sinkhole, swallow hole, swallow, cesspool, polluted pond; hole, dip, cavity, depression, hollow, crater.

14. den of iniquity, hellhole, Inf. dive, Sl. joint; tenderloin, Alsatia; red light district, Storyville, Combat Zone; skio row, the Bowery.

15. drain, sewer, gutter, cloaca; ditch, trench, conduit, culvert; channel, race, waterway, watercourse.

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Synonyms:

Fall (gradually), subside, descend, go down, go to the bottom, Merge, submerge, submerse, immerse, engulf / Fall slowly, drop, droop, Dig, excavate, scoop out / Penetrate, enter, Depress, degrade, lower, abase, debase, diminish, lessen, bring down, let down / Be depressed, be overwhelmed, Ruin, destroy, waste, overthrow, over whelm, swamp / Decline, decrease, decay, dwindle, lose strength, give way, Depress, overbear, crush / Reduce, bring low, Drain, sewer

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Sink — (s[i^][ng]k), v. t. 1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship. [1913 Webster] [The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a single ship. Jowett (Thucyd.). [1913 Webster] 2. Figuratively: To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sink — (s[i^][ng]k), n. 1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes. [1913 Webster] 2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sink — (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Sunk} (s[u^][ng]k), or ({Sank} (s[a^][ng]k)); p. p. {Sunk} (obs. {Sunken}, now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sinking}.] [OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sincan, G. sinken, Icel. s[ o]kkva, Dan. synke,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sink — sink; sink·able; sink·age; sink·er; sink·er·less; coun·ter·sink; … English syllables
sink — ► VERB (past sank; past part. sunk) 1) become submerged in liquid. 2) (with reference to a ship) go or cause to go to the bottom of the sea. 3) disappear and not be seen or heard of again. 4) drop downwards. 5) lower oneself or drop down gently … English terms dictionary
sink — [siŋk] vi. sank or sunk, sunk, sinking [ME sinken < OE sincan, akin to Ger sinken < IE base * sengw , to fall, sink > Gr heaphthē, (he) sank] 1. to go beneath the surface of water, deep snow, soft ground, etc. so as to be partly or… … English World dictionary
sink — [v1] fall in, go under bore, bring down, capsize, cast down, cave in, couch, decline, demit, depress, descend, dig, dip, disappear, drill, drive, droop, drop, drown, ebb, engulf, excavate, fall, flounder, force down, founder, go down, go to the… … New thesaurus
Sink — ist der Familienname von: Kuldar Sink (1942–1995), estnischer Komponist, Flötist und Cembalist Marje Sink (1910–1979), estnische Komponistin Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort b … Deutsch Wikipedia
sink — UK US /sɪŋk/ verb (sank, sunk) ► [I] if prices, profits, shares, etc. sink, they fall to a lower level: »Bond prices sank and stocks rose today. sink to sth »The dollar sank to a record low against the euro. »Shares sank 3% Wednesday to close at… … Financial and business terms
sink\ in — • sink in • soak in v informal To be completely understood; be fully realized or felt. Everybody laughed at the joke but Joe; it took a moment for it to sink in before he laughed too. When Frank heard that war had started, it didn t sink in for a … Словарь американских идиом
Sink — (Groß Schenk), 1) Bezirk im siebenbürgischen Kreise Hermannstadt, gebirgig, von der Aluta durchflossen; mit Getreide , Flachs , Haufbau[129] u. Bienenzucht; 2) Marktflecken u. Hauptort darin; Bezirks u. Steueramt, evangelische Hauptschule,… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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