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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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Sunk (?), imp. & p. p. of Sink.
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Sunk fence, a ditch with a retaining wall, used to divide lands without defacing a landscape; a ha-ha.
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