Sink — Defs

01 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…

imp. Sunk; p. p. Sunk; adj.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinking

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.obs.
“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.” — Shak.

“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.

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

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.” — Shak.

“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.

03 n. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.

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.] Also: sink hole
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.]

Phrases & compounds

Sink hole — The opening to a sink drain