sink

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To move or be moved into something.

   • A stone sinks in water.  The sun gradually sank in the west.
2. 2

   To diminish or be diminished.

   • But open converse is there none, ⁠So much the vital spirits sink ⁠To see the vacant chair, and think, ‘How good! how kind! and he is gone.’
   • Peter's heart sank. "Don't you think it is dreadful?" he asked.
3. 3

   To conceal and appropriate.

   • If you are sent with ready money to buy anything at a shop, and happen at that time to be out of pocket, sink the money, and take up the goods on your master's account.
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   1. 4

      To keep out of sight

      To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.

      • I say not always dishonorable qualifications, but a certain flexibility of disposition; a certain courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths, and adapt ourselves to the prejudices of the minds of others […]
   2. 5

      To drink (especially something alcoholic).

      • So let's sink another drink / 'Cause it'll give me time to think
      • […] just thought she was wrecked from all the Diamond White ciders she'd been sinking – I'd even bought her a couple of Blastaways, which in hindsight was a mistake.
   3. 6

      To pay absolutely.

      • I have sunk thousands of pounds into this project.
      • for 13 of his 15 years in charge, Burrell sank more money into the farm than he received in revenues, and the estate was £1.5m overdrawn.
   4. 7

      To reduce or extinguish by payment.

      • to sink the national debt
   5. 8

      To be overwhelmed or depressed

      To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.

      • I think our country sinks beneath the yoke.
      • then keep an even steady Fire under them, not too fierce at first, lest you scorch them; and let not the Fire sink or slacken, but rather increase till the Hops be near dry'd
   6. 9

      To die.

   7. 10

      To decrease in volume, as a river

      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: / Through wind and waves, and storms he works his way
   8. 11

      A basin used for holding water for washing.

   9. 12

      A drain for carrying off wastewater.

   10. 13

       A sinkhole.

   11. 14

       A depression in land where water collects, with no visible outlet.

   12. 15

       A heat sink.

   13. 16

       A place that absorbs resources or energy.

   14. 17

       A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of…

       A habitat that cannot support a population on its own but receives the excess of individuals from some other source.

   15. 18

       Descending motion

       Descending motion; descent.

       • An excessive sink rate at touchdown can cause the aircraft's landing gear to collapse.
   16. 19

       An object or callback that captures events.

   17. 20

       A destination vertex in a transportation network.

   18. 21

       A node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it

       A node in directed graph for which all of its edges go into it; one with no outgoing edges.

   19. 22

       An abode of degraded persons

       An abode of degraded persons; a wretched place.

   20. 23

       A depression in a stereotype plate.

   21. 24

       A stage trapdoor for shifting scenery.

   22. 25

       An excavation smaller than a shaft.

   23. 26

       One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or…

       One or several systems that remove currency from the game's economy, thus controlling or preventing inflation.

   24. 27

       A surname.

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