Thesaurus: sinker

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1. n. One who, or that which, sinks.
2. n. A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
3. n. In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.
4. n. a small ring-shaped friedcake
5. n. a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)
6. n. a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate
7. One who, or that which, sinks. Specifically: (a) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it. (b) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles. Dividing sinker, in knitting machines, a sinker between two jack sinkers and acting alternately with them. -- Jack sinker. See under Jack, n. -- Sinker bar. (a) In knitting machines, a bar to which one set of the sinkers is attached. (b) In deep well boring, a heavy bar forming a connection between the lifting rope and the boring tools, above the jars.
8. One who, or that which, sinks. Specifically:(a) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.(b) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or otherdevices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles. Dividingsinker, in knitting machines, a sinker between two jack sinkers andacting alternately with them.-- Jack sinker. See under Jack, n.-- Sinker bar. (a) In knitting machines, a bar to which one set ofthe sinkers is attached. (b) In deep well boring, a heavy bar forminga connection between the lifting rope and the boring tools, above thejars.
9. n:100 n. a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water) n. a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate