Sin vs. Sink

Sinnoun

(theology) A violation of God's will or religious law.

Sinnoun

A misdeed.

Sinnoun

A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.

Sinnoun

An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.

Sinnoun

A letter of the Hebrew alphabet; שׂ]]

Sinnoun

A letter of the Arabic alphabet; س

Sinnoun

A traditional tube skirt worn by Lao and Thai women, particularly northern Thai and northeastern Thai women.

Sinverb

To commit a sin.

Sin

Old form of Since.

Sinnoun

Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God's will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity; as, sins of omission and sins of commission.

Sinnoun

An offense, in general; a violation of propriety; a misdemeanor; as, a sin against good manners.

Sinnoun

A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.

Sinnoun

An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.

Sinverb

To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; - often followed by against.

Sinverb

To violate human rights, law, or propriety; to commit an offense; to trespass; to transgress.

Sinnoun

estrangement from god

Sinnoun

an act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will

Sinnoun

ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle

Sinnoun

(Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna

Sinnoun

the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Sinnoun

violent and excited activity;

Sinverb

commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

Sinverb

commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake;

Sinnoun

an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law

Sinnoun

an act regarded as a serious or regrettable fault, offence, or omission

Sinverb

commit a sin

Sinverb

offend against (God, a person, or a principle)

Sin

In a religious context, sin is a transgression against divine law. Each culture has its own interpretation of what it means to commit a sin.

Sinkverb

To move or be moved into something.

Sinkverb

(ergative) To descend or submerge (or to cause to do so) into a liquid or similar substance.

Sinkverb

(transitive) To cause a vessel to sink, generally by making it no longer watertight.

Sinkverb

(transitive) To push (something) into something.

Sinkverb

To pot; hit a ball into a pocket or hole.

Sinkverb

To diminish or be diminished.

Sinkverb

To experience apprehension, disappointment, dread, or momentary depression.

Sinkverb

To cause to decline; to depress or degrade.

Sinkverb

(intransitive) To demean or lower oneself; to do something below one's status, standards, or morals.

Sinkverb

To conceal and appropriate.

Sinkverb

To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

Sinkverb

To reduce or extinguish by payment.

Sinkverb

(intransitive) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.

Sinkverb

(intransitive) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

Sinknoun

A basin used for holding water for washing

Sinknoun

A drain for carrying off wastewater

Sinknoun

(geology) A sinkhole

Sinknoun

A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet

Sinknoun

A heat sink

Sinknoun

A place that absorbs resources or energy

Sinknoun

(baseball) The motion of a sinker pitch

Sinknoun

An object or callback that captures events; event sink

Sinknoun

(graph theory) a destination vertex in a transportation network

Sinkverb

To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west.

Sinkverb

To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.

Sinkverb

Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.

Sinkverb

To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease.

Sinkverb

To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

Sinkverb

To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.

Sinkverb

Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation.

Sinkverb

To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.

Sinkverb

To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.

Sinkverb

To conseal and appropriate.

Sinkverb

To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

Sinkverb

To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.

Sinknoun

A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.

Sinknoun

A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.

Sinknoun

A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; - called also sink hole.

Sinknoun

The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation; as, the sink of the Humboldt River.

Sinknoun

plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

Sinknoun

(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system;

Sinknoun

a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

Sinknoun

a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

Sinkverb

fall or drop to a lower place or level;

Sinkverb

cause to sink;

Sinkverb

pass into a specified state or condition;

Sinkverb

go under,

Sinkverb

descend into or as if into some soft substance or place;

Sinkverb

appear to move downward;

Sinkverb

fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly;

Sinkverb

fall or sink heavily;

Sinkverb

embed deeply;

Sinkverb

go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged

Sinkverb

(of a ship) go to the bottom of the sea or some other body of water because of damage or a collision

Sinkverb

cause (a ship) to sink

Sinkverb

fail and not be seen or heard of again

Sinkverb

cause to fail

Sinkverb

conceal, keep in the background, or ignore

Sinkverb

descend from a higher to a lower position; drop downwards

Sinkverb

(of a person) lower oneself or drop down gently

Sinkverb

gradually penetrate into the surface of something

Sinkverb

gradually decrease or decline in value, amount, quality, or intensity

Sinkverb

lapse or fall into a particular state or condition

Sinkverb

approach death

Sinkverb

insert beneath a surface

Sinkverb

cause something sharp to penetrate (a surface)

Sinkverb

push or thrust (an object) into something

Sinkverb

excavate (a well) or bore (a shaft) vertically downwards

Sinkverb

hit (a ball) into a hole in golf or snooker

Sinkverb

(in golf) hit the ball into the hole with (a putt or other shot)

Sinkverb

rapidly consume (an alcoholic drink)

Sinknoun

a fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe

Sinknoun

a pool or marsh in which a river's water disappears by evaporation or percolation.

Sinknoun

a body or process which acts to absorb or remove energy or a particular component from a system

Sinknoun

short for sinkhole

Sinknoun

a place of vice or corruption

Sinknoun

a school or estate situated in a socially deprived area

Sink

A sink – also known by other names including sinker, washbowl, hand basin, wash basin, and simply basin – is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture used for washing hands, dishwashing, and other purposes. Sinks have taps (faucets) that supply hot and cold water and may include a spray feature to be used for faster rinsing.