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descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide" cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor" fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees" pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana" appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line" embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap" a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off" fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank" a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it |
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