SINK

sink. Sink, v. sank, sunk, pret. sunk, pa. to fall gradually, settle, decline, diminish, depress, degrade, suppress, conceal, plunge, pierce, dig

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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. 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.
I sink in deep mire. Ps. lxix. 2. 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. 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. 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. 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.