sink

1. v. i. 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. Source: opted

2. v. i. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate. Source: opted

3. v. i. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely. Source: opted

4. 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. Source: opted

5. v. i. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. Source: opted

6. v. t. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship. Source: opted

7. v. t. Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink one's reputation. Source: opted

8. v. t. To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die. Source: opted

9. v. t. To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste. Source: opted

10. v. t. To conseal and appropriate. Source: opted

11. v. t. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore. Source: opted

12. v. t. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt. Source: opted

13. n. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes. Source: opted

14. n. 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. Source: opted

15. n. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole. Source: opted

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