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Ausguss
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Sink
- (n.) 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.
- (v. i.) To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
- (v. t.) To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, to sink the national debt.
- (v. t.) To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.
- (v. i.) To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
- (n.) A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
- (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.
- (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.
- (n.) A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole.
- (v. t.) To conseal and appropriate.
- (v. i.) Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.
- (v. t.) To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
- (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.
- (v. t.) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
- (v. t.) Figuratively: To cause to decline; to depress; to degrade; hence, to ruin irretrievably; to destroy, as by drowping; as, to sink ones reputation.
- (v. t.) To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.
Synonyms:
Bury, Cesspool, Dip, Drop, Lapse, Pass, Settle, Slump, Subside, Sump,
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• Sinking
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sink
- () a. & n. from Sink.
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• Sinker
- (n.) One who, or that which, sinks.
- (n.) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles.
- (n.) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it.
Synonyms:
Doughnut,
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honey, nightmare, cheekbones, describe, corona, copse, narrow-mindedness, mental deficiency, hund, economize, freshen, embodiment, amalgamation, dissolvable, atoll, conduction, haw, idolization, oblivion, replacement, will, glinting, pang, wining, viper, bruise, substitute, arabesque, hopefully, wisely, wisdom, winter, |
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Sparkle, Thank, Feel, You, Love, Kiss, Weaken, Be, Glitter, Blend, I, Do, Go, Abash, Dark, Slash, Boy, Shorten, Endure, Bride, Trend, Girl, Dedicate, Abbreviate, Romance, Father, Sparkling, Gash, Feeling, Run, Thanks, Abductor, |
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