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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Sunk} (s[u^][ng]k), or ({Sank} (s[a^][ng]k)); 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. [1913 Webster] I sink in deep mire. --Ps. lxix. 2. [1913 Webster] 2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate. [1913 Webster] The stone sunk into his forehead. --1 San. xvii. 49. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely. [1913 Webster] Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke ix. 44. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He sunk down in his chariot. --2 Kings ix. 24. [1913 Webster] Let not the fire sink or slacken. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. [1913 Webster] The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay; decrease; lessen. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. t. 1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship. [1913 Webster] [The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a single ship. --Jowett (Thucyd.). [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] I raise of sink, imprison or set free. --Prior. [1913 Webster] If I have a conscience, let it sink me. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power Has sunk thy father more than all his years. --Rowe. [1913 Webster] 3. To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die. [1913 Webster] 4. To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste. [1913 Webster] You sunk the river repeated draughts. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 5. To conseal and appropriate. [Slang] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 6. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore. [1913 Webster] A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths. --Robertson. [1913 Webster] 7. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), n. 1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also {sink hole}. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] 4. 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.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] {Sink hole}. (a) The opening to a sink drain. (b) A cesspool. (c) Same as {Sink}, n., 3. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: sink n 1: plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe 2: (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system; "the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide" [ant: {source}] 3: a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof [syn: {sinkhole}, {sink}, {swallow hole}] 4: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it [syn: {cesspool}, {cesspit}, {sink}, {sump}] v 1: fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees" [syn: {sink}, {drop}, {drop down}] 2: cause to sink; "The Japanese sank American ships in Pearl Harbor" 3: pass into a specified state or condition; "He sank into nirvana" [syn: {sink}, {pass}, {lapse}] 4: go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" [syn: {sink}, {settle}, {go down}, {go under}] [ant: {float}, {swim}] 5: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" [syn: {sink}, {subside}] 6: appear to move downward; "The sun dipped below the horizon"; "The setting sun sank below the tree line" [syn: {dip}, {sink}] 7: fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off" [syn: {slump}, {fall off}, {sink}] 8: fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank" [syn: {slump}, {slide down}, {sink}] 9: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He buried his head in her lap" [syn: {bury}, {sink}] From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: sink /ziŋk/ subsides