1. (of a ship etc.) go under water
   "The raft sank and its occupants drowned";
   - settle, go down, go under
    
2. Fall or descend to a lower place or level
   "He sank to his knees";
   - drop, drop down
    
3. Cause to sink
   "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"
    
4. Pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
   "He sank into nirvana";
   - pass, lapse
    
5. Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
   "He sank into bed";
   - subside
    
6. Appear to move downward
   "The setting sun sank below the tree line";
   - dip
    
7. Fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
   "The real estate market sank";
   - slump, fall off
    
8. Fall or drop heavily into a seated or reclined position
   "He sank onto the couch";
   - slump
    
9. Embed deeply
   "She sank her fingers into the soft sand";
   - bury
    
10. Become reduced in amount, level, intensity, or value
    "the temperature sank at night";
    - decrease, diminish, lessen, fall, come down, go down, dent
     
11. Invest or spend a large amount of money, typically with the implication that it may not be recovered
    "They sank millions into the failed project"

1. Plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
   "He washed the dishes in the kitchen sink"
    
2. A covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
   "They installed a new sink to handle the grey water";
   - cesspool, cesspit, sump
    
3. (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
   "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"
    
4. A depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
   "The geologist studied the formation of the limestone sink";
   - sinkhole, swallow hole, doline, dolina

Sounds like: sima, sink, sync, synch

Derived forms: sinks, sunk, sank, sinking

See also: travel

Type of: action, activity, break, cave in, change magnitude, change posture, cistern, collapse, come down, decline, depression, descend, displace, drop, embed, engraft, fall in, founder, give, give way, go down, imbed, implant, move, natural action, natural depression, natural process, plant, plumbing fixture

Antonym: source

Encyclopedia: Sink, Mark