Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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sink | Yes | No | Yes | No |
dip | Yes | No | Yes | No |
sink (noun) | dip (noun) |
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plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe | a brief swim in water |
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms |
a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof | a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow |
(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity |
a brief immersion | |
tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped | |
a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | |
(physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon | |
a depression in an otherwise level surface |
sink (verb) | dip (verb) |
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fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly | stain an object by immersing it in a liquid |
embed deeply | go down momentarily |
go under | dip into a liquid while eating |
fall or descend to a lower place or level | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate |
cause to sink | plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container |
fall or sink heavily | immerse in a disinfectant solution |
appear to move downward | scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface |
descend into or as if into some soft substance or place | place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax |
pass into a specified state or condition; sink into | dip into a liquid |
appear to move downward | |
slope downwards | |
lower briefly | |
switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam | |
take a small amount from |