Causing to sink, subside, or gradually disappear: as, a sinking weight; causing the sensation of sinking or fainting: as, a sinking apprehension or anxiety.

noun. In piquet, the manœuver of calling only a part of a combination, so as to conceal the strength of the hand for playing: usually resorted to only when the player knows his adversary has no better call.

noun. A falling or settling downward; a subsidence.

noun. The process of excavating downward through the earth, as in mining, etc.

noun. In arch., sculp., etc., a depression; a place hollowed out, whether for decoration or to receive some other feature; a socket.

noun. In joinery:

noun. An angular groove or rabbet in the corner of a board.

noun. The operation of making or of finishing rabbets.

a. & n. from sink.

See under Fund.

a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See Riser, n., 4.

a pump which can be lowered in a well or a mine shaft as the level of the water sinks.

verb. Present participle of sink.

noun. The act or process of sinking.

noun. a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension

noun. a descent as through liquid (especially through water)

noun. a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength)

"He took a closer look at the crystal, his expression sinking like a flat tire."

like rats from a sinking ship  

anxiety  decrease  drop-off  lessening  

blinking  drinking  linking  plinking  rethinking  

Brownian movement  advance  aging  angular motion  anxious  

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