Definition of sink

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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..

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Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To cause to sink totally; to deprive of strength; to reduce; as, a person prostrated by fever..
Trepan :: Trepan (n.) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes..
Dismay :: Dismay (v. t.) Loss of courage and firmness through fear; overwhelming and disabling terror; a sinking of the spirits; consternation.
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt..
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..
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..
Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees..
Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
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..
Washer :: Washer (n.) A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening..
Sink :: Sink (n.) A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
Unswell :: Unswell (v. t.) To sink from a swollen state; to subside.
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..
Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To immerse one's self; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
Swamp :: Swamp (v. i.) To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties..
Forcer :: Forcer (n.) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc..
Thurrok :: Thurrok (n.) The hold of a ship; a sink.
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc..
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