'Sinking' definitions:

Definition of 'sinking'

(from WordNet)
noun
A descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"
noun
A slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength); "after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market"; "he could not control the sinking of his legs"
noun
A feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach" [syn: sinking, sinking feeling]

Definition of 'Sinking'

From: GCIDE
  • Sink \Sink\ (s[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. Sunk (s[u^][ng]k), or (Sank (s[a^][ng]k)); 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. s["o]kkva, 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I sink in deep mire. --Ps. lxix. 2. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To enter deeply; to fall or retire beneath or below the surface; to penetrate. [1913 Webster]
  • The stone sunk into his forehead. --1 San. xvii. 49. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, to enter so as to make an abiding impression; to enter completely. [1913 Webster]
  • Let these sayings sink down into your ears. --Luke ix. 44. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I think our country sinks beneath the yoke. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • He sunk down in his chariot. --2 Kings ix. 24. [1913 Webster]
  • Let not the fire sink or slacken. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height. [1913 Webster]
  • The Alps and Pyreneans sink before him. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To fall; subside; drop; droop; lower; decline; decay; decrease; lessen. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sinking'

From: GCIDE
  • Sinking \Sink"ing\, a. & n. from Sink. [1913 Webster]
  • Sinking fund. See under Fund.
  • Sinking head (Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See Riser, n., 4.
  • Sinking pump, a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mine shaft as the level of the water sinks. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sinking'

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Words containing 'Sinking'