Definition of sink

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Sink (v. t.) To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die..

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Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support..
Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork..
Reside :: Reside (v. i.) To sink; to settle, as sediment..
Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height..
Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees..
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
Introcession :: Introcession (n.) A depression, or inward sinking of parts..
Fade :: Fade (a.) To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
Sunken :: Sunk () imp. & p. p. of Sink.
Sink :: Sink (n.) A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole..
Amortization :: Amortization (n.) The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid..
Trepan :: Trepan (n.) A kind of broad chisel for sinking shafts.
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin; to depart from the faith; to apostatize; to sin..
Fall :: Fall (n.) A sinking of tone; cadence; as, the fall of the voice at the close of a sentence..
Support :: Support (v. t.) To keep from failing or sinking; to solace under affictive circumstances; to assist; to encourage; to defend; as, to support the courage or spirits..
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.
Slur :: Slur (n.) In knitting machines, a contrivance for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them..
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.
Cavo-rilievo :: Cavo-rilievo (n.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around..
Diesinking :: Diesinking (n.) The process of engraving dies.
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