sink

Definition

Examples

The boat began to sink after hitting the rocks.

Word Family

Synonyms

• submergesink below the surface; go under or as if under water
• basina bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids
• descendmove downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

Collocations

• Easy kitchen sink
  describing kitchen sink (a room equipped for preparing meals)
• Medium sink into debt
  to sink into debt, meaning to fall or descend to a lower place or level
• Hard capital sink into unviable venture
  describing capital sink into unviable venture (assets available for use in the production of further assets)
• Very Hard everything but the kitchen sink
  a collocation phrase: everything but the kitchen sink