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1sink — ► VERB (past sank; past part. sunk) 1) become submerged in liquid. 2) (with reference to a ship) go or cause to go to the bottom of the sea. 3) disappear and not be seen or heard of again. 4) drop downwards. 5) lower oneself or drop down gently …
2sink — 1. verb 1) the coffin sank below the waves Syn: become submerged, be engulfed, go down, drop, fall, descend Ant: float, rise 2) the cruise liner sank yesterday Syn …
3sink or swim — phrasal 1. : to drown unless one swims if he fall in, good night, or sink or swim Shakespeare 2. : to fail or perish unless one exerts oneself sending him out on his own to sink or swim * * * sink or swim phrase to be left on your own to succeed… …
4sink — Synonyms and related words: Babylon, Gomorrah, KO, Sodom, abate, ablate, advance, age, alveolation, alveolus, antrum, aquamanile, armpit, ascend, automatic dishwasher, back, back up, ball up, bankrupt, baptize, basin, bate, bath, bathtub, be… …
5sink — sink1 verb (past sank; past participle sunk) 1》 go down below the surface of liquid; become submerged. ↘(with reference to a ship) go or cause to go to the bottom of the sea. 2》 fail and not be seen or heard of again. ↘cause to fail.… …
6sink — verb 1) the coffin sank below the waves Syn: submerge, founder, go down, be engulfed, drop, fall, descend 2) they sank their ships Syn: scuttle; Brit. scupper 3) the sun was sinking …
7sink — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. founder, drown, go down; ebb, wane, decline, lapse, settle, subside, precipitate; retrograde, go downhill; languish, droop, flag; despond; fail, deepen, dig, lower; debase, abase, bring low; suppress …
8Gnosticism — • History of Gnosticism from its pre Christian roots through its developed doctrines concerning cosmogony, the Sophia myth, soteriology, and eschatology. Includes information on rites, schools, and literature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… …
9bur|y — «BEHR ee», transitive verb, bur|ied, bur|y|ing. 1. to put (a dead body) in the earth, in a tomb, or in the sea: »The boys buried the dead bird in the backyard. SYNONYM(S): inter, entomb …
10descend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. go down (see descent); lower or debase oneself (see disrepute). descend [up]on II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To move lower] Syn. come down, go down, slide, settle, drop, stoop, gravitate, slip, dismount,… …