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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Pregravitate :: Pregravitate (v. i.) To descend by gravity; to sink.
Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To sink down by its weight; to sag.
Slump :: Slump (v. i.) To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, partly frozen ground, a bog, etc., not strong enough to bear the person..
Immerse :: Immerse (v. t.) To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water..
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing..
Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt..
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..
Trepan :: Trepan (n.) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
Faint :: Faint (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
Sinker :: Sinker (n.) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles..
Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.
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..
Depreciate :: Depreciate (v. i.) To fall in value; to become of less worth; to sink in estimation; as, a paper currency will depreciate, unless it is convertible into specie..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
Forcer :: Forcer (n.) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc..
Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
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