Definition of sink

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Sink (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.

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Cesspipe :: Cesspipe (n.) A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool..
Sink :: Sink (n.) A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
Quicksand :: Quicksand (n.) Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it..
Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead..
Shore :: Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging..
Faint :: Faint (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height..
Dimple :: Dimple (v. i.) To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
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..
Flop :: Flop (v. i.) To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship..
Thurrok :: Thurrok (n.) The hold of a ship; a sink.
Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.
Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To sink when on the wing; to alight.
Draught :: Draught (n.) A sink or drain; a privy.
Commode :: Commode (n.) A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet..
Wane :: Wane (v. i.) To decline; to fail; to sink.
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