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sink
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- pronunciation:
- sIngk
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
sinks, sinking, sank, sunk |
| definition 1: |
to fall or drop slowly to another level.
- synonyms:
- founder, settle, subside
- antonyms:
- ascend, rise
- similar words:
- decline, descend, dip, drop, fall, set, slump
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| definition 2: |
to become submerged in or covered by another substance (often fol. by "in" or "into").
Our feet sank into the mud.The ship sank in the North Sea.- synonyms:
- founder, settle, submerge, subside
- antonyms:
- float
- similar words:
- pitch, plunge, precipitate, swamp
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| definition 3: |
to fail or decline; collapse.
Stocks sank early in the week but recovered by Friday.Our hopes sank as we listened to the election results.- synonyms:
- decline, ebb, fail, founder, wane
- antonyms:
- recover
- similar words:
- buckle, cave in, collapse, crumple, fade, sag, slip, stoop, weaken, worsen
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| definition 4: |
to become less intense, as sound.
- synonyms:
- abate, drop off, fade, subside
- antonyms:
- rise
- similar words:
- diminish, dwindle, hush, lessen, moderate, quiet
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| definition 5: |
to sit, lie, kneel, or the like (often fol. by "down").
She sank down and began to pray.- synonyms:
- droop, drop, plop, plump, plunk down, slump
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| related words: |
bottom, decrease, droop, ebb, go down, mire, plump, slide, slump, stall, subside |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to cause to fall or drop to a lower level.
The golfer sank the ball in the hole.- synonyms:
- drop, founder
- antonyms:
- raise
- similar words:
- bury, descend, swamp
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| definition 2: |
to cause to become submerged in another substance.
They sank their boat and made a false claim for the insurance money.- synonyms:
- dip, dunk, immerse, plunge, submerge, submerse
- antonyms:
- float
- similar words:
- swamp
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| definition 3: |
to bury or plant in the ground.
They sank the drilling shaft deeply.- synonyms:
- bury
- similar words:
- embed, implant, mire, plant, root
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| definition 4: |
to place (money) in a venture; invest.
I sank all my savings in the business.- synonyms:
- invest
- similar words:
- gamble, place, put, risk, venture
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| related words: |
bury, decline, hang, lower, pit, plunge, scuttle, submerge |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a fixed basin connected to a water supply and a drainage pipe.
- synonyms:
- washstand
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| definition 2: |
a low area where water collects.
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| related words: |
bowl, depression, hollow |
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| derivation: |
sinkable (adj.) |
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