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sink /singk/ intransitive verb (pat sank or (now rarely) sunk; pap sunk or sunkˈen)- To become submerged, wholly or partly
- To subside
- To fall slowly
- To go down passively
- To pass to a lower level or state
- To penetrate or be absorbed
- To slope away, dip
- To diminish
- To collapse
- To be or become withdrawn inwards
transitive verb- To cause or allow to sink
- To complete successfully (a putt or shot) by causing the ball to run into the hole (golf)
- To cause (a ball) to fall into a pocket (snooker, etc)
- To suppress
- To degrade
- To conceal
- To appropriate surreptitiously
- To excavate
- To let in, insert
- To abandon
- To abolish
- To merge
- To pay (a debt)
- To lose under the horizon
- To invest, esp unprofitably or beyond easy recovery
- To damn or ruin (esp in imprecation)
- To drink quickly (informal)
noun- A kitchen or scullery basin with a drain, for washing dishes, etc
- A receptacle or drain for filth or dirty water
- A place where things are engulfed or where foul things gather
- A cesspool
- A depression in a surface
- An area without surface drainage
- A swallow hole (geology)
- A shaft
- 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 ORIGIN: OE sincan (vi); Ger sinken, Du zinken sinkˈable adjective sinkˈage noun - The process of sinking
- Amount of sinking
- A sunken area or depression
- Shrinkage
sinkˈer noun - A person who sinks
- A weight for sinking anything, such as a fishing-line
- A doughnut (US inf)
- A mistletoe root
sinkˈing noun and adjective sinkˈy adjective Yielding underfoot sinkˈhole noun - A hole for filth
- 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 - To be absorbed
- To be understood
swallow1 /swolˈō/ transitive verb- To take into the stomach through the gullet by a muscular movement of the throat
- To engulf or subsume (often with up)
- To take in
- To accept, sit down under (eg an affront)
- To stifle or repress (eg tears or one's pride)
- To believe credulously
intransitive verb To perform the action of swallowing something noun- An abyss
- A swallow hole
- A throat
- An act of swallowing
- A gulp
- A quantity swallowed at once
- Capacity for swallowing
- The aperture in a block, between the sheave and frame, through which the rope runs (nautical)
ORIGIN: OE swelgan (verb), geswelg (noun); cf Ger schwelgen swallˈet noun A swallow hole swallˈower noun 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 |