sink
verb
[ sɪŋk ]
• go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged.
• "he saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves"
• descend from a higher to a lower position; drop downwards.
• "you can relax on the veranda as the sun sinks low"
Similar:
descend,
drop,
go down/downwards,
come down/downwards,
go lower,
fall,
plunge,
plummet,
pitch,
fall headlong,
nosedive,
set,
dip beneath the horizon,
• gradually decrease or decline in value, amount, quality, or intensity.
• "their output sank to a third of the pre-war figure"
Similar:
fall,
drop,
become/get lower,
become/get quieter,
become/get softer,
• insert beneath a surface.
• "rails fixed in place with screws sunk below the surface of the wood"
• rapidly consume (an alcoholic drink).
• "they must have sunk a bit of booze yesterday"
Similar:
drink,
quaff,
gulp down,
down,
swill,
knock back,
polish off,
dispose of,
shift,
get outside of,
neck,
bevvy,
chug,
scarf down,
Origin:
Old English sincan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zinken and German sinken .
sink
noun
• a fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe.
• "I stood at the kitchen sink"
• a pool or marsh in which a river's water disappears by evaporation or percolation.
• short for sinkhole.
• a place of vice or corruption.
• "a sink of unnatural vice, pride, and luxury"
Origin:
Middle English: from sink1.
