Definition of sink

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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..

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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..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship..
Sinker :: Sinker (n.) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it..
Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. t.) To cause (a boat) to become filled with water; to capsize or sink by whelming with water.
Washer :: Washer (n.) A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening..
Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
Unswell :: Unswell (v. t.) To sink from a swollen state; to subside.
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
Introcession :: Introcession (n.) A depression, or inward sinking of parts..
Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. i.) To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties..
Droop :: Droop (v. t.) To let droop or sink.
Sinking :: Sinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sin.
Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To sink when on the wing; to alight.
Merge :: Merge (v. t.) To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.
Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead..
Fade :: Fade (a.) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork..
Costeaning :: Costeaning (n.) The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits..
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