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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