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