Definition of sink

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Sink (v. t.) To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.

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Merge :: Merge (v. t.) To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die..
Washer :: Washer (n.) A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening..
Sinker :: Sinker (n.) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A sink or drain; a privy.
Lower :: Lower (v. i.) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease; as, the river lowered as rapidly as it rose..
Droop :: Droop (v. t.) To let droop or sink.
Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
Scuttle :: Scuttle (v. t.) To sink by making holes through the bottom of; as, to scuttle a ship..
Die :: Die (v. i.) To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc..
Plumming :: Plumming (n.) The operation of finding, by means of a mine dial, the place where to sink an air shaft, or to bring an adit to the work, or to find which way the lode inclines..
Set :: Set (v. i.) To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end.
Demerge :: Demerge (v. t.) To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse.
Sink :: Sink (n.) 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 :: 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..
Draught :: Draught (n.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught..
Countersink :: Countersink (n.) A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes.
Cower :: Cower (v. i.) To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear..
Sag :: Sag (v. i.) To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, though tightly drawn; the floor of a room sags; hence, to lean, give way, or settle from a vertical position; as, a building may sag one way or another; a door sags on its hinges..
Thurrok :: Thurrok (n.) The hold of a ship; a sink.
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