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Open English Wordnet Nouns (n) sink plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
(n) sink (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system “the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide”
(n) sinkhole , sink , swallow hole a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
Verbs (v) sink , drop , drop down fall or descend to a lower place or level “He sank to his knees”
(v) sink cause to sink “The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor”
(v) sink , pass , lapse pass into a specified state or condition; sink into “He sank into nirvana”
(v) sink , subside descend into or as if into some soft substance or place “He sank into bed” ,
“She subsided into the chair”
(v) dip , sink appear to move downward “The sun dipped below the horizon” ,
“The setting sun sank below the tree line”
(v) slump , fall off , sink fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly “The real estate market fell off”
(v) bury , sink embed deeply “She sank her fingers into the soft sand” ,
“He buried his head in her lap”