Definition of sink

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Sink (v. i.) 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..

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Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To sink when on the wing; to alight.
Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead..
Sag :: Sag (v. i.) Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced..
Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines..
Sank :: Sank () imp. of Sink.
Diesinking :: Diesinking (n.) The process of engraving dies.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height..
Depress :: Depress (v. t.) To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes..
Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.
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..
Wane :: Wane (v. i.) To decline; to fail; to sink.
Fade :: Fade (a.) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship..
Swampy :: Swamp (v. i.) To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked..
Swoon :: Swoon (v. i.) To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp.
Countersink :: Countersink (n.) An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt..
Cavo-rilievo :: Cavo-rilievo (n.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around..
Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
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