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 |
sunken garden | a garden set below the level of the ground surrounding it |
sunk fence ha-ha haw-haw | a ditch with one side being a retaining wall, used to divide lands without defacing the landscape |
sunken arch fallen arch | an instep flattened so the entire sole rests on the ground |
sinking | a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength), after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market, he could not control the sinking of his legs |
sinking | a descent as through liquid (especially through water), they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic |
sinking sinking feeling | a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension, with a sinking heart, a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach |
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 |
sinking fund | a fund accumulated regularly in a separate account and used to redeem debt securities |
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 |
sinking spell | a temporary decline in health or value |
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 |
deep-eyed hollow-eyed sunken-eyed | characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver |
deep-set sunken recessed | having a sunken area, hunger gave their faces a sunken look |
done for(p) ruined sunk undone washed-up | doomed to extinction |