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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sinking — may refer to: *Sinking (metalworking), a metalworking technique *Shipwreck (foundering)ee also*Hsinking, former name of the Chinese city Changchun … Wikipedia
sinking — index decadent, decline, decrease, depression, descent (declination), relapse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
Sinking — Sinking, Stadt in China, Changchun … Universal-Lexikon
sinking — noun 1. a descent as through liquid (especially through water) (Freq. 1) they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic • Derivationally related forms: ↑sink • Hypernyms: ↑descent • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Sinking In — Infobox Single Name = Sinking In Artist = Lucie Silvas from Album = The Same Side Released = March 5 2007 (UK) Format = Recorded = Genre = Pop Length = Label = Mercury Records Writer = Silvas L./Parker C./Kearns G. Producer = Danton Supple… … Wikipedia
sinking — noun The act or process of sinking. I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore … Wiktionary
sinking — sink|ing [ sıŋkıŋ ] adjective a sinking feeling a feeling you get when you realize something bad has happened or is going to happen: She listened to the news with a sinking feeling in her stomach … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sinking — [[t]sɪ̱ŋkɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n If you have a sinking feeling, you suddenly become depressed or lose hope. → See also sink I began to have a sinking feeling that I was not going to get rid of her … English dictionary
sinking — die·sinking; sinking; … English syllables
Sinking — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
