Definition of sink

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Sink (v. t.) To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship..

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Sentine :: Sentine (n.) A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer.
Bore :: Bore (v. i.) To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects)..
Fall :: Fall (n.) A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence..
Draught :: Draught (n.) A sink or drain; a privy.
Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.
Immersion :: Immersion (n.) The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx..
Deepen :: Deepen (v. t.) To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel..
Descension :: Descension (n.) The act of going downward; descent; falling or sinking; declension; degradation.
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
Sinking :: Sinking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sin.
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..
Supportable :: Support (n.) That which maintains or preserves from being overcome, falling, yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like; subsistence; maintenance; assistance; reenforcement; as, he gave his family a good support, the support of national credit; the assaulting column had the support of a battery..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship..
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines..
Sinker :: Sinker (n.) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles..
Sinker :: Sinker (n.) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it..
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..
Commode :: Commode (n.) A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet..
Sunken :: Sunk () imp. & p. p. of Sink.
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