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sinking (noun)

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  • sinking spell — noun a temporary decline in health or value • Hypernyms: ↑decline, ↑diminution * * * noun : a short lived decline in prices stocks suffered a sinking spell * * * a temporary decline, as in health or market values: Wall Street is over its sinking… …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 feeling — noun a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension with a sinking heart a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach • Syn: ↑sinking • Hypernyms: ↑anxiety …   Useful english dictionary

  • sinking — noun The act or process of sinking. I witnessed the sinking of my ship from the shore …   Wiktionary

  • sinking feeling — noun A feeling of uneasiness or apprehension :I have a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach …   Wiktionary

  • sinking fund — sinking ,fund noun count money you save in order to pay for something in the future …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sinking-fund bond — noun : a bond issued with a provision that a specified amount or percentage of the issuer s income will be paid annually into a sinking fund set up to retire the bond issue …   Useful english dictionary

  • sinking pump — noun : a pump especially designed for use in shaft sinking called also sinker …   Useful english dictionary

  • sinking speed — noun : the rate of vertical descent of an airplane in a steady glide * * * sinking speed, the speed at which an airplane, bird, or other flying object descends vertically while gliding …   Useful english dictionary

  • sinking fund — noun Date: 1724 a fund set up and accumulated by usually regular deposits for paying off the principal of a debt when it falls due …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sinking ship — noun A doomed cause; a lost cause; a loosing cause; a loosing proposition; an impending debacle; an on going disaster; a bad deal …   Wiktionary

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