Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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sink | Yes | No | Yes | No |
sump | Yes | No | No | No |
sink (noun) | sump (noun) |
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plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe | a well or other hole in which water has collected |
a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it | an oil reservoir in an internal combustion engine |
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 covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it |
(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system |
sink (verb) | sump (verb) |
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fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly | |
embed deeply | |
go under | |
fall or descend to a lower place or level | |
cause to sink | |
fall or sink heavily | |
appear to move downward | |
descend into or as if into some soft substance or place | |
pass into a specified state or condition; sink into |