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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), n. 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. [Western U. S.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sink \Sink\, v. t. 1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as to sink a ship. [The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a single ship. --Jowett (Thucyd.). 2. Figuratively: To cause to decline to depress; to degrade; hence to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as to sink one's reputation. I raise of sink, imprison or set free --Prior. If I have a conscience, let it sink me --Shak. Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power Has sunk thy father more than all his years. --Rowe. 3. To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as to sink a pit or a well to sink a die. 4. To bring low to reduce in quantity; to waste. You sunk the river repeated draughts. --Addison. 5. To conseal and appropriate. [Slang] If sent with ready money to buy anything and you happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on account. --Swift. 6. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore. A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths. --Robertson. 7. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as to sink the national debt. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sink \Sink\, v. i. [imp. {Sunk}, or ({Sank}); p. p. {Sunk} (obs. {Sunken}, -- now used as adj.); p. pr & vb n. {Sinking}.] [OE. sinken, AS sincan; akin to D. zinken OS sincan, G. sinken, Icel. s["o]kkva, Dan. synke, Sw sjunka Goth. siggan, and probably to E. silt. Cf {Silt}.] 1. 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. I sink in deep mire. --Ps. lxix. 2. 2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate. The stone sunk into his forehead. --1 San. xvii. 49. 3. Hence to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely. Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke ix 44. 4. 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. I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak. He sunk down in his chariot. --2 Kings ix 24. Let not the fire sink or slacken. --Mortimer. 5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him --Addison. Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline decay; decrease; lessen. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sink \Sink\, n. 1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes. 2. 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. 3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also {sink hole}. [U. S.] {Sink hole}. a The opening to a sink drain. b A cesspool. c Same as {Sink}, n., 3. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sink n 1: a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe 2: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn: {cesspool}, {cesspit}, {sump}] v 1: fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees." [syn: {drop}, {drop down}] [ant: {rise}] 2: cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbour" 3: pass into a specified state or condition: "He sank into Nirvana" [syn: {pass}, {lapse}] 4: go under "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" [syn: {settle}, {go down}, {go under}] [ant: {float}] 5: descend into some soft substance; "He sank into bed" 6: sink; "The sun dipped below the horizon" [syn: {dip}] 7: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off" [syn: {slump}, {fall off}] 8: fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank" [syn: {slump}, {slide down}] 9: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand" [syn: {bury}]
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