Definition of sink

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Sink (n.) A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole..

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Sinker :: Sinker (n.) One who, or that which, sinks..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height..
Unswell :: Unswell (v. t.) To sink from a swollen state; to subside.
Fade :: Fade (a.) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
Countersink :: Countersink (n.) A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes.
Deliquium :: Deliquium (n.) A sinking away; a swooning.
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..
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..
Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt..
Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
Settle :: Settle (n.) To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material..
Swamp :: Swamp (v. i.) To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation..
Gauge :: Gauge (n.) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
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..
Deeply :: Deeply (adv.) At or to a great depth; far below the surface; as, to sink deeply..
Flat :: Flat (v. i.) To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface..
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..
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