Sink vs. Basin

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.

Basinnoun

a wide bowl for washing, sometimes affixed to a wall

Basinnoun

(obsolete) a shallow bowl used for a single serving of a drink or liquidy food

Basinnoun

a depression, natural or artificial, containing water

Basinnoun

(geography) an area of land from which water drains into a common outlet; drainage basin

Basinnoun

(geography) a rock formation scooped out by water erosion

Basinnoun

A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.

Basinnoun

The quantity contained in a basin.

Basinnoun

A hollow vessel, of various forms and materials, used in the arts or manufactures, as that used by glass grinders for forming concave glasses, by hatters for molding a hat into shape, etc.

Basinnoun

A hollow place containing water, as a pond, a dock for ships, a little bay.

Basinnoun

A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river.

Basinnoun

An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; - especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields.

Basinnoun

a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids;

Basinnoun

the quantity that a basin will hold;

Basinnoun

a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a lake at the bottom of it;

Basinnoun

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries;

Basinnoun

a bathroom or lavatory sink that is permanently installed and connected to a water supply and drainpipe; where you wash your hands and face;

Basinnoun

a bowl for washing, typically attached to a wall and having taps connected to a water supply; a washbasin.

Basinnoun

a wide open container used for preparing food or for holding liquid

Basinnoun

a circular or oval valley or natural depression on the earth's surface, especially one containing water

Basinnoun

the tract of country drained by a river and its tributaries, or which drains into a lake or sea

Basinnoun

an enclosed area of water where boats can be moored

Basinnoun

a circumscribed rock formation where the strata dip towards the centre.