sink

/sɪŋk//sɪŋk/
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Difficulty LevelIntermediate

Standard vocabulary

Word FrequencyVery Common

Used frequently in everyday conversation

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noun

1. A basin used for holding water for washing.

2. A drain for carrying off wastewater.

3. A sinkhole.

4. A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.

5. A heat sink.

6. A place that absorbs resources or energy.

7. The motion of a sinker pitch.

"Jones has a two-seamer with heavy sink."

8. An object or callback that captures events; event sink

9. A destination vertex in a transportation network

10. An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.

11. A depression in a stereotype plate.

12. A stage trap-door for shifting scenery.

13. An excavation less than a shaft.

14. (game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation

Antonyms: faucet

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verb

1. (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.

2. (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.

3. To conceal and appropriate.

4. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

5. To pay absolutely.

"I have sunk thousands of pounds into this project."

6. To reduce or extinguish by payment.

"to sink the national debt"

7. To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.

8. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

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