Definition of sink

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Sink (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.

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Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up..
Founder :: Founder (v. i.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin..
Sinking :: Sinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sin.
Dismay :: Dismay (v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
Sinking :: Sinking () a. & n. from Sink.
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer..
Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever..
Seine :: Seine (n.) A large net, one edge of which is provided with sinkers, and the other with floats. It hangs vertically in the water, and when its ends are brought together or drawn ashore incloses the fish..
Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw..
Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
Creux :: Creux (n.) Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the design..
Faint :: Faint (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
Slump :: Slump (v. i.) To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person..
Merge :: Merge (v. t.) To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
Sank :: Sank () imp. of Sink.
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
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