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Sink (sĭṉk), v. 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”.
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I sink in deep mire. Ps. lxix. 2.
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2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate.
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The stone sunk into his forehead. 1 San. xvii. 49.
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3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely.
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Let these sayings sink down into your ears. Luke ix. 44.
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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.
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I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak.
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He sunk down in his chariot. 2 Kings ix. 24.
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Let not the fire sink or slacken. Mortimer.
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5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
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The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. Addison.
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Syn. -- To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay; decrease; lessen.
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Sink (sĭṉk), v. t.
1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, “to sink a ship”.
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[The Athenians] fell upon the wings and sank a single ship. Jowett (Thucyd.).
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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”.
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I raise of sink, imprison or set free. Prior.
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If I have a conscience, let it sink me. Shak.
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Thy cruel and unnatural lust of power
Has sunk thy father more than all his years. Rowe.
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3. To make (a depression) by digging, delving, or cutting, etc.; as, “to sink a pit or a well; to sink a die.”
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4. To bring low; to reduce in quantity; to waste.
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You sunk the river repeated draughts. Addison.
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5. To conseal and appropriate. [Slang]
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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.
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6. To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
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A courtly willingness to sink obnoxious truths. Robertson.
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7. To reduce or extinguish by payment; as, “to sink the national debt”.
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Sink (sĭṉk), n.
1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.
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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.
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3. A hole or low place in land or rock, where waters sink and are lost; -- called also sink hole. [U. S.]
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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.]
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Sink hole. (a) The opening to a sink drain. (b) A cesspool. (c) Same as Sink, n., 3.
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