Contract
Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).
Usage example: before vaccines were invented, people lived in fear of contracting polio
Sink and contract are semantically related. in catch disease topic. In some cases you can use "Sink" instead a verb "Contract".
Sink
Sink verb - To diminish the price or value of.
Usage example: the slightest nick will sink the price of a piece of Tiffany glass
How words are described
| old | old contract | old sink |
| full | full contract | full sink |
| regular | regular contract | regular sink |
| current | current contract | current sink |
| Other adjectives: standard, single, actual, entire, massive, large, big, huge, ancient, new, major, next, giant. | ||
Common collocations
| body | contract body | sink body |
Both words in one sentence
- And then there's yet another dream, this time of Rosette's, where she's shown naked in Chrono's arms as he bends forward to sink his fangs into her neck to seal the contract.
Source: Out-of-Clothes Experience
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