sink

A2
Pronunciation
/sɪŋk/
/sɪŋk/
Noun
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

A basin used for holding water for washing.

2 Definition

A drain for carrying off wastewater.

3 Definition

A sinkhole.

4 Definition

A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.

5 Definition

A heat sink.

6 Definition

A place that absorbs resources or energy.

7 Definition

The motion of a sinker pitch.

Example Sentences
  • Jones has a two-seamer with heavy sink.
8 Definition

An object or callback that captures events; event sink

9 Definition

A destination vertex in a transportation network

10 Definition

An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.

11 Definition

A depression in a stereotype plate.

12 Definition

A stage trap-door for shifting scenery.

13 Definition

An excavation less than a shaft.

14 Definition

(game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation

Antonyms
faucet
Verb
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.

2 Definition

(heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.

3 Definition

To conceal and appropriate.

4 Definition

To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

5 Definition

To pay absolutely.

Example Sentences
  • I have sunk thousands of pounds into this project.
6 Definition

To reduce or extinguish by payment.

Example Sentences
  • to sink the national debt
7 Definition

To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.

8 Definition

To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.