Synonyms: cesspit, cesspool, sink, sump
Definition: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
Similar words: cistern
Definition: an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater
Synonyms: sink
Definition: plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe
Similar words: plumbing fixture
Definition: a fixture for the distribution and use of water in a building
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: natural depression, depression
Definition: a sunken or depressed geological formation
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: natural action, natural process, action, activity
Definition: a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
Usage: the action of natural forces; volcanic activity
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: imbed, implant, plant, embed, engraft
Definition: fix or set securely or deeply
Usage: He planted a knee in the back of his opponent; The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
Definition: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
Usage: He sank into bed; She subsided into the chair
Similar words: go down, come down, fall, descend
Definition: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
Usage: The temperature is going down; The barometer is falling; The curtain fell on the diva; Her hand went up and then fell again
Definition: pass into a specified state or condition
Usage: He sank into nirvana
Similar words: move
Definition: go or proceed from one point to another
Usage: the debate moved from family values to the economy
Synonyms: sink, drop, drop down
Definition: fall or descend to a lower place or level
Usage: He sank to his knees
Similar words: change posture
Definition: undergo a change in bodily posture
Synonyms: sink
Definition: cause to sink
Usage: The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor
Definition: cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
Usage: Move those boxes into the corner, please; I'm moving my money to another bank; The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms: sink, slide down, slump
Definition: fall or sink heavily
Usage: He slumped onto the couch; My spirits sank
Similar words: founder, fall in, break, cave in, collapse, give, give way
Definition: break down, literally or metaphorically
Usage: The wall collapsed; The business collapsed; The dam broke; The roof collapsed; The wall gave in; The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
Synonyms: sink, settle, go down, go under
Definition: go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
Similar words: go down, come down, fall, descend
Definition: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
Usage: The temperature is going down; The barometer is falling; The curtain fell on the diva; Her hand went up and then fell again
Definition: appear to move downward
Usage: The sun dipped below the horizon; The setting sun sank below the tree line