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Sink 1

Definition: 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.

Sink 2

Definition: To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.

Sink 3

Definition: Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.

Sink 4

Definition: 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.

Sink 5

Definition: To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.

Sink 6

Definition: To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.

Sink 7

Definition: To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.

Sink 8

Definition: To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.

Sink 9

Definition: To conseal and appropriate.

Sink 10

Definition: To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

Sink 11

Definition: To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.

Sink 12

Definition: A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.

Sink 13

Definition: 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.

Sink 14

Definition: A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; called also sink hole.

sink 15

Definition: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

sink 16

Definition: plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

sink 17

Definition: a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

sink 18

Definition: (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"

sink 19

Definition: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"

sink 20

Definition: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap"

sink 21

Definition: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"

sink 22

Definition: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into Nirvana"

sink 23

Definition: fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

sink 24

Definition: cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor"

sink 25

Definition: fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"

sink 26

Definition: go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

sink 27

Definition: appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line"

 

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