sink

IPA: sˈɪŋk

A basin used for holding water for washing.
A drain for carrying off wastewater.
(geology) A sinkhole.
A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
A heat sink.
A place that absorbs resources or energy.
(ecology) A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.
(uncountable) Descending motion; descent.
(baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch.
(computing, programming) An object or callback that captures events; an event sink.
(graph theory) A destination vertex in a transportation network.
(graph theory) A node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.
An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
A depression in a stereotype plate.
(theater) A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.
(mining) An excavation smaller than a shaft.
(game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation.
A surname.

(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
(ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.
(transitive) To (directly or indirectly) cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.
(transitive) To push (something) into something.
(transitive) To make by digging or delving.
(transitive, snooker, pool, billiards, golf) To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.
(heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
(intransitive, figuratively, of the heart or spirit) To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.
(transitive, figurative) To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.
(intransitive) To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.
(transitive, slang, archaic) To conceal and appropriate.
(transitive, slang, archaic) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
(transitive, slang) To drink (especially something alcoholic).
(transitive, slang) To pay absolutely.
(transitive, slang, archaic) To reduce or extinguish by payment.
(intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
(intransitive, archaic) To die.
(intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

Examples of "sink" in Sentences

Socrates saw the name sink into Ralphie’s shoulders.
I pause after “play,” letting the weight of the word sink in.
Beside the sink is a hole to dip out water that is stored in the box.
While brushing at the sink is a step up from brushing at the tub, "we're not there yet" * as the French would say.
I cut off the stems, slit them open, and take out the seeds (I find shaking them over the sink is the easiest method as the seeds can fly everywhere).
I happened one day to be employed in the back kitchen, or what they termed the sink-room, and I soon became aware that I was the subject of conversation by the family in the room adjoining.