Sink: alternatives and connections

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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A seat of any kind.

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A seat of any kind.

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The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

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The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

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A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids.

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To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…

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To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend.

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The act of depressing.

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To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall;…

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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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To lay as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed; as, to embed a thing in clay, mortar, or sand.

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See Ingraft.

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To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

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To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

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To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc.

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To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the princ…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though c…

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A hollow vessel or dish, to hold water for washing, and for various other uses.

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Washing, or cleansing by washing.

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A basin, or bowl, to hold water for washing one's hands, face, etc.

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A piece of furniture holding the ewer or pitcher, basin, and other requisites for washing the person.

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To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, e…

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To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.

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To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.

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One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

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To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane; as, a line or cable supported by its ends sags, th…

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of Set

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A seat of any kind.

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To put under water; to plunge.

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Submersed.

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To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

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To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing.

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A seat of any kind.

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To labor; to travail.

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To labor; to travail.

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A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

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A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth.

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To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

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The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

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A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

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To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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A seat of any kind.

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The gross amount; the mass; the lump.

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To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

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A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion.

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The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

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The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

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