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| v. i. | (s***ibreve]***nsm]k) |
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| Sink |
[imp. Sunk (s ***nsm]k |
To fall by, or as by, the
force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to
subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and
sink; the sun sinks in the west.
To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath
or below the surface; to penetrate.
Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding
impression; to enter completely.
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.
To decrease in volume, as a river; to
subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent
height.
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To
cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid;
as, to sink a ship.
Figuratively: To cause to decline; to
depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by
drowping; as, to sink one's reputation.
To make (a depression) by digging, delving,
or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a
die.
To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to
waste.
To conseal and appropriate.
To keep out of sight; to suppress; to
ignore.
To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to
sink the national debt.
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A drain
to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone,
iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for
receiving filthy water, etc., as in a kitchen.
A hole or low place in land or rock, where
waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole.
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| Sink (sink) |
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| n. | (s***ibreve]***nsm]k) |
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| Sink |
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The
lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence the water of
one or more streams escapes by evaporation; as, the sink of the
Humboldt River.
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