Definitions for: Sinking


[n] 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"
[n] a descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"
[n] a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach"



Webster (1913) Definition: Sink"ing,
a. & n. from Sink.

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.

Synonyms: sinking feeling

See Also: anxiety, decrease, descent, drop-off, foundering, going under, immersion, lessening, settling, submergence, submerging, submersion, subsidence, subsiding

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