Definition of sink

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Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height..

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Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship..
Cadence :: Cadence (n.) The act or state of declining or sinking.
Founder :: Founder (v. i.) To become filled with water, and sink, as a ship..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To conseal and appropriate.
Drain :: Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) 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..
Support :: Support (v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits..
Trepan :: Trepan (n.) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
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..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. i.) To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties..
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..
Countersink :: Countersink (n.) A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes.
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..
Drakestone :: Drakestone (n.) A flat stone so thrown along the surface of water as to skip from point to point before it sinks; also, the sport of so throwing stones; -- sometimes called ducks and drakes..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height..
Fall :: Fall (n.) A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence..
Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To sink down by its weight; to sag.
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