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S: (n) sink (sink%1:06:00::) (plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe)
S: (n) sink (sink%1:22:00::) ((technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system) "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"
S: (n) sinkhole (sinkhole%1:17:00::), sink (sink%1:17:00::), swallow hole (swallow_hole%1:17:00::) (a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof)
S: (n) cesspool (cesspool%1:06:00::), cesspit (cesspit%1:06:00::), sink (sink%1:06:01::), sump (sump%1:06:02::) (a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it)

S: (v) sink (sink%2:38:01::), drop (drop%2:38:05::), drop down (drop_down%2:38:00::) (fall or descend to a lower place or level) "He sank to his knees"
S: (v) sink (sink%2:38:02::) (cause to sink) "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"
S: (v) sink (sink%2:38:07::), pass (pass%2:38:02::), lapse (lapse%2:38:01::) (pass into a specified state or condition) "He sank into nirvana"
S: (v) sink (sink%2:38:00::), settle (settle%2:38:07::), go down (go_down%2:38:00::), go under (go_under%2:38:00::) (go under) "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
S: (v) sink (sink%2:38:06::), subside (subside%2:38:03::) (descend into or as if into some soft substance or place) "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"
S: (v) dip (dip%2:38:01::), sink (sink%2:38:04::) (appear to move downward) "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"
S: (v) slump (slump%2:30:00::), fall off (fall_off%2:30:00::), sink (sink%2:30:00::) (fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly) "The real estate market fell off"
S: (v) slump (slump%2:38:00::), slide down (slide_down%2:38:00::), sink (sink%2:38:03::) (fall or sink heavily) "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"
S: (v) bury (bury%2:35:01::), sink (sink%2:35:00::) (embed deeply) "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"