sink

/sɪŋk/

noun

1
A basin used for holding water for washing.
2
A drain for carrying off wastewater.
3
A sinkhole.
4
A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
5
A heat sink.
6
A place that absorbs resources or energy.
7
The motion of a sinker pitch.
“Jones has a two-seamer with heavy sink.”
8
An object or callback that captures events; event sink
9
A destination vertex in a transportation network
10
An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.
11
A depression in a stereotype plate.
12
A stage trap-door for shifting scenery.
13
An excavation less than a shaft.
14
(game development) One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation

1
(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
2
(heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
3
To conceal and appropriate.
4
To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
5
To pay absolutely.
“I have sunk thousands of pounds into this project.”
6
To reduce or extinguish by payment.
“to sink the national debt”
7
To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
8
To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

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