sink

1. verb

1)

the coffin sank below the waves

Syn:

become submerged, be engulfed, go down, drop, fall, descend

Ant:

float, rise

2)

the cruise liner sank yesterday

Syn:

founder, go under, submerge

3)

they sank their ships

Syn:

scuttle, send to the bottom; scupper

4)

the announcement sank hopes of a recovery

Syn:

destroy, ruin, wreck, put an end to, demolish, smash, shatter, dash; informal put the kibosh on, put paid to; informal scupper; archaic bring to naught

5)

I sank myself in student life

Syn:

immerse, submerge, plunge, lose, bury

6)

the plane sank toward the airstrip

Syn:

descend, drop, go down/downward

Ant:

ascend

7)

the sun was sinking

Syn:

set, go down/downward

Ant:

rise

8)

Loretta sank into an armchair

Syn:

lower oneself, flop, collapse, fall, drop down, slump; informal plunk oneself

9)

her voice sank to a whisper

Syn:

fall, drop, become/get quieter, become/get softer

Ant:

rise

10)

she would never sink to your level

Syn:

stoop, lower oneself, descend

11)

he was sinking fast

Syn:

deteriorate, decline, fade, grow weak, flag, waste away; be at death's door, be on one's deathbed, be slipping away; informal go downhill, be on one's last legs, be giving up the ghost

Ant:

recover, improve

12)

sink the pots into the ground

Syn:

embed, insert, drive, plant

13)

sinking a gold mine

Syn:

dig, excavate, bore, drill

14)

they sank their life savings into the company

Syn:

invest, venture, risk

2. noun

he washed himself at the sink

- sink in

Syn:

basin, wash basin; dated lavabo