2syllables
sinking
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Definitions ofsinking
1verb
- (heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
- (heading, social) To diminish or be diminished.
- To conceal and appropriate.
- To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
- To pay absolutely.
Example: "I have sunk thousands of pounds into this project."
- To reduce or extinguish by payment.
Example: "to sink the national debt"
- To be overwhelmed or depressed; to fail in strength.
- To decrease in volume, as a river; to subside; to become diminished in volume or in apparent height.
1noun
- The process by which something sinks.
Example: "I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore."
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