sinks

Noun

• plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
• (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system
• a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof
• a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
• plural of sink

Verb

• fall or descend to a lower place or level
• cause to sink
• pass into a specified state or condition
• go under,
• descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
• appear to move downward
• fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly
• fall or sink heavily
• embed deeply
• third-person singular simple present indicative of sink

Synonyms

bury, cesspit, cesspool, dip, drop, drop down, fall off, go down, go under, lapse, pass, settle, sink, sinkhole, slide down, slump, subside, sump, swallow hole

Antonyms

float, source