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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Deliquium :: Deliquium (n.) A sinking away; a swooning.
Countersunk :: Countersunk (p. p. & a.) Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead..
Vail :: Vail (v. t.) To let fail; to allow or cause to sink.
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely..
Dismay :: Dismay (v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
Sentine :: Sentine (n.) A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.
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..
Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees..
Washer :: Washer (n.) A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening..
Sag :: Sag (v. i.) Fig.: To lose firmness or elasticity; to sink; to droop; to flag; to bend; to yield, as the mind or spirits, under the pressure of care, trouble, doubt, or the like; to be unsettled or unbalanced..
Flat :: Flat (v. i.) To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fall to an even surface..
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 (n.) A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole..
Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork..
Settle :: Settle (n.) To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee..
Droop :: Droop (v. t.) To let droop or sink.
Amortize :: Amortize (v. t.) To clear off or extinguish, as a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund..
Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To sink when on the wing; to alight.
Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
Countersinking :: Countersinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Countersin.
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