Definition of sink

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Sink (v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt..

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Depression :: Depression (n.) A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions..
Reside :: Reside (v. i.) To sink; to settle, as sediment..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt..
Diesinker :: Diesinker (n.) An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc..
Amortization :: Amortization (n.) The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
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..
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..
Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
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..
Bog :: Bog (n.) A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.
Jetson :: "Jetson (n.) Goods which sink when cast into the sea, and remain under water; -- distinguished from flotsam, goods which float, and ligan, goods which are sunk attached to a buoy..
Float :: Float (v. i.) Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.
Imbed :: Imbed (v. t.) To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc..
Sink :: 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..
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
Faint :: Faint (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
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..
Sentine :: Sentine (n.) A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) To plunge or sink into a swamp.
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