swallow hole noun

A funnel or fissure through which surface water passes underground, esp in limestone (also called sink hole)

swallow one's pride

To humble oneself

sink /singk/

intransitive verb (pat sank or (now rarely) sunk; pap sunk or sunkˈen)

1. To become submerged, wholly or partly
2. To subside
3. To fall slowly
4. To go down passively
5. To pass to a lower level or state
6. To penetrate or be absorbed
7. To slope away, dip
8. To diminish
9. To collapse
10. To be or become withdrawn inwards

transitive verb

1. To cause or allow to sink
2. To complete successfully (a putt or shot) by causing the ball to run into the hole (golf)
3. To cause (a ball) to fall into a pocket (snooker, etc)
4. To suppress
5. To degrade
6. To conceal
7. To appropriate surreptitiously
8. To excavate
9. To let in, insert
10. To abandon
11. To abolish
12. To merge
13. To pay (a debt)
14. To lose under the horizon
15. To invest, esp unprofitably or beyond easy recovery
16. To damn or ruin (esp in imprecation)
17. To drink quickly (informal)

noun

1. A kitchen or scullery basin with a drain, for washing dishes, etc
2. A receptacle or drain for filth or dirty water
3. A place where things are engulfed or where foul things gather
4. A cesspool
5. A depression in a surface
6. An area without surface drainage
7. A swallow hole (geology)
8. A shaft
9. A natural or artificial means of absorbing or discharging heat, fluid, etc (physics, etc)

adjective

Populated by individuals who are not wanted elsewhere, as in a sink school

sinkˈable adjective

sinkˈage noun

1. The process of sinking
2. Amount of sinking
3. A sunken area or depression
4. Shrinkage

sinkˈer noun

1. A person who sinks
2. A weight for sinking anything, such as a fishing-line
3. A doughnut (US inf)
4. A mistletoe root

sinkˈing noun and adjective

sinkˈy adjective

Yielding underfoot

sinkˈhole noun

1. A hole for filth
2. A swallow hole (N American)

sinking fund noun

A fund formed by setting aside income to accumulate at interest to pay off debt

sink unit noun

A fitting consisting of sink and draining board, with cupboards, etc underneath

sink in

1. To be absorbed
2. To be understood