Definition of sink

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

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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..
Imbrute :: Imbrute (v. i.) To sink to the state of a brute.
Wade :: Wade (v. i.) To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc..
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..
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..
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..
Countersinking :: Countersinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countersin.
Tubbing :: Tubbing (n.) A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety..
Demerge :: Demerge (v. t.) To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse.
Jack :: Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.
Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
Sink :: Sink (n.) A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
Trepan :: Trepan (n.) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
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..
Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.
Supportable :: Support (n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery..
Forcer :: Forcer (n.) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc..
Dismay :: Dismay (v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
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..
Sag :: Sag (n.) State of sinking or bending; sagging.
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