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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. |
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To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the
surface; to penetrate. |
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Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to
enter completely. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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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To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste. |
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To conseal and appropriate. |
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To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore. |
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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. |
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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. |
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A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and
are lost; -- called also sink hole. |
