cesspool cesspit sink sump | a covered cistern, waste water and sewage flow into it |
heat sink | a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat |
kitchen sink | a sink in a kitchen |
sink | plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe |
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 |
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 |
slump fall off sink | fall heavily or suddenly, decline markedly, The real estate market fell off |
click d get through dawn d come home d get across sink in penetrate fall into place | become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions, It dawned on him that she had betrayed him, she was penetrated with sorrow |
percolate sink in permeate filter | pass through, Water permeates sand easily |
bury sink | embed deeply, She sank her fingers into the soft sand, He buried his head in her lap |
sink subside | descend into or as if into some soft substance or place, He sank into bed, She subsided into the chair |
sink pass lapse | pass into a specified state or condition, He sank into nirvana |
sink drop drop down | fall or descend to a lower place or level, He sank to his knees |
sink | cause to sink, The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor |
slump slide down sink | fall or sink heavily, He slumped onto the couch, My spirits sank |
sink settle go down go under | go under, The raft sank and its occupants drowned |
dip sink | appear to move downward, The sun dipped below the horizon, The setting sun sank below the tree line |