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Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fall slowly, as so the ground, from weakness or from an overburden; to fail in strength; to decline; to decay; to decrease..

Sinker :: Sinker (n.) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it..

Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.

Swag :: Swag (v. i.) To sink down by its weight; to sag.

Swim :: Swim (v. i.) To be supported by water or other fluid; not to sink; to float; as, any substance will swim, whose specific gravity is less than that of the fluid in which it is immersed..

Draught :: Draught (n.) The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught..

Diesinker :: Diesinker (n.) An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc..

Countersink :: Countersink (v. t.) To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw..

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..

Faint :: Faint (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

Draw :: Draw (v. i.) To sink in water; to require a depth for floating.

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.

Forcer :: Forcer (n.) A small hand pump for sinking pits, draining cellars, etc..

Draught :: Draught (n.) A sink or drain; a privy.

Drain :: Drain (n.) That means of which anything is drained; a channel; a trench; a water course; a sewer; a sink.

Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.

Swamp :: Swamp (v. i.) To sink or stick in a swamp; figuratively, to become involved in insuperable difficulties..

Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt..

Wade :: Wade (v. i.) To walk in a substance that yields to the feet; to move, sinking at each step, as in water, mud, sand, etc..

Die :: Die (v. i.) To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc..

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