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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A basin used for holding water for washing.
  • A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.
  • A heat sink.
  • A place that absorbs resources or energy.
  • A sinkhole
  • baseball The motion of a sinker pitch.
  • programming An object or callback that captures events; event sink.

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Verb:

  • intransitive Describing metaphorically the experience of apprehension, disappointment, or momentary depression as felt via an internal human organ.
  • intransitive To descend into a liquid or other substance or material.
  • transitive To cause (a ship, etc) to sink.
  • transitive To push (something) into something.
  • transitive To submerge (something) in a liquid or other substance or material.

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