Definition of "sink" []

• To descend to the bottom; submerge. (verb-intransitive)
• To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages: The water in the lake sank several feet during the long, dry summer. (verb-intransitive)
• To subside or settle gradually, as a massive or weighty structure. (verb-intransitive)
• To appear to move downward, as the sun or moon in setting. (verb-intransitive)
• To slope downward; incline. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I pause after “play,” letting the weight of the word sink in."
• "While brushing at the sink is a step up from brushing at the tub, "we're not there yet" * as the French would say."
• "I cut off the stems, slit them open, and take out the seeds (I find shaking them over the sink is the easiest method as the seeds can fly everywhere)."