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Webster 1913 Edition

Sink

Sink

(sĭṉk)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp.
Sunk
(sŭṉk)
, or (
Sank
(săṉk)
);
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.
sökkva
, 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.
Shakespeare
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.

Sink

(sĭṉk)
,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
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
.

Sink

(sĭṉk)
,
Noun.
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
,
Noun.
, 3.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sink

SINK

,
Verb.
I.
pret. sunk; pp. id. The old pret. sank is nearly obsolete.
1.
To fall by the force of greater gravity, in a medium or substance of less specific gravity; to subside; opposed to swim or float. Some species of wood or timber will sink in water. Oil will not sink in water and many other liquids, for it is specifically lighter. I sink in deep mire. Ps. 69.
2.
To fall gradually. He sunk down in his chariot, II Kings 9.
3.
To enter or penetrate into any body. The stone sunk into his forehead. I Sam. 17.
4.
To fall; to become lower; to subside or settle to a level. The Alps and Pyrenees sink before him.
5.
To be overwhelmed or depressed. Our country sinks beneath the yoke.
6.
To enter deeply; to be impressed. Let these sayings sink down into your ears. Luke 9.
7.
To become deep; to retire or fall within the surface of any thing; as, the eyes sink into the head.
8.
To fall; to decline; to decay; to decrease. A free state gradually sinks into ruin. It is the duty of government to revive a sinking commerce. Let not the fire sink or slacken.
9.
To fall into rest or indolence; as, to sink away in pleasing dreams.
10.
To be lower; to fall; as, the price of land will sink in time of peace.

SINK

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To put under water; to immerse in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
2.
To make by digging or delving; as, to sink a pit or a well.
3.
To depress; to degrade. His vices sink him in infamy, or in public estimation.
4.
To plunge into destruction. If I have a conscience, let it sink me.
5.
To cause to fall or to be plunged.
6.
To bring low; to reduce in quantity. You sunk the river with repeated draughts.
7.
To depress; to overbear; to crush. This would sink the spirit of a hero.
8.
To diminish; to lower or lessen; to degrade. I mean not that we should sink our figure out of covetousness.
9.
To cause to decline or fail. Thy cruel and unnat'ral lust of power has sunk thy father more than all his years.
10.
To suppress; to conceal; to intervert. If sent with ready money to buy any thing, and you happen to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on account. [Unusual.]
11.
To depress to lower in value or amount. Great importations may sink the price of goods.
12.
To reduce; to pay; to diminish or annihilate by payment; as, to sink the nation debt.
13.
To waste; to dissipate; as, to sink an estate.

SINK

,
Noun.
1.
A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
2.
A kind of bason of stone or wood to receive filthy water.

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