Synonym: decline, droop, fade, fall, go down, lower, pine, settle, slump, submerge, weaken. Antonym: float, rise. Similar words: link, pink, think, blink, brink, shrink, link up, drink to. Meaning: [sɪŋk] n. 1. plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe 2. (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system 3. a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof 4. a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it. v. 1. fall or drop to a lower place or level 2. cause to sink 3. pass into a specified state or condition 4. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" 5. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place 6. appear to move downward 7. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly 8. fall or sink heavily 9. embed deeply.
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121. It took a moment for the implications of what she was saying to sink in.
122. I can't believe that anyone would sink to such depths.
123. The kitchen was in its original state, with a 1920s sink and stove.
124. She put the plug in the sink and filled it with cold water.
125. The dirty breakfast dishes were still in the sink when we got home.
126. The tanker is listing badly and liable to sink at any moment.
127. It took a long time for the bad news to sink in.
128. The sink was stopped up with hair and fragments of cloth.
129. Put the plug in the sink and run some water.
130. The full scale of the disaster has yet to sink in.
131. I bought a sink plunger to clear the blocked kitchen sink.
132. The warning failed to sink in, and he got into trouble as a consequence.
133. He who tries to conceal his fault for fear of criticism will sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire of errors.
134. A fresh egg will sink and an old egg will float.
135. My employer gave me no help when I started my new job - I was just left to sink or swim. Sentencedict.com
136. The knife for cutting sausage was sitting in the sink.
137. I can't believe you would sink so low as to snitch on your best friends.
138. The waste unit is designed to fit under the sink.
139. He desired not to be pinnacled, but to sink into the crowd.
140. It was a real miracle that the little boat capsized in the storm, but luckily didn't sink.
141. It seems that the so-called new theory is likely to sink into oblivion.
142. The earthquake made the wall sink and start to crumble.
143. He paused a moment for his words to sink in.
144. The government was ready to let the pound sink to parity with the dollar if necessary.
145. Don't pour tea leaves down the kitchen sink?it'll get blocked.
146. The sink had overflowed and the kitchen floor was awash.
147. Paul and Mark agreed to sink their differences and be friends.
148. We had a few hairy moments when I thought the boat was going to sink.
149. He must sink or swim by his own efforts now.
150. Wade put the cups in the sink.