sink : Idioms & Phrases

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heat sink

  • noun a metal conductor specially designed to conduct (and radiate) heat
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kitchen sink

  • noun a sink in a kitchen
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Sink hole

  • . (a) The opening to a sink drain . (b) A cesspool . (c) Same as Sink, n., 3.
Webster 1913

sink in

  • verb become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
    get through; get across; come home; fall into place; penetrate; dawn; click.
    • It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
    • she was penetrated with sorrow
  • verb pass through
    filter; permeate; percolate.
    • Water permeates sand easily
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sinking feeling

  • noun a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension
    sinking.
    • with a sinking heart
    • a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach
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sinking fund

  • noun a fund accumulated regularly in a separate account and used to redeem debt securities
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sinking spell

  • noun a temporary decline in health or value
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sunk fence

  • noun a ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape
    haw-haw; ha-ha.
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sunken arch

  • noun an instep flattened so the entire sole rests on the ground
    fallen arch.
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sunken garden

  • noun a garden set below the level of the ground surrounding it
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sunken-eyed

  • adjective satellite characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver
    deep-eyed; hollow-eyed.
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Well sinking

  • the art or process of sinking or digging wells.
Webster 1913